NATIONAL NEWS - A psychologist has told the High Court in Pretoria that torture was widely practised on political prisoners during the apartheid era.
Professor Don Foster has testified at the inquest into the 1971 death of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol.
Timol died after falling from the 10th story of the John Voster Square Police Station. The police claimed he committed suicide.
Foster’s evidence is to dispute the police’s claim that Timol was not tortured or assaulted.
He published a book on torture in South Africa in 1987 which is based on case studies.
“The time period covered was from 1974 to 1984, the sample size was 176 cases of security related detention, mainly interrogation.”
'Torture widely pactised on politicial prisoners during apartheid'
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Posted on: 14:29 Thu, 27 July 2017
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