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Foundation for Human Rights files court application for damages


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A group of twenty-five survivors and families of activists who disappeared or were killed during South Africa's struggle for democracy have filed a court application seeking constitutional damages for what they have termed the political suppression of the apartheid-era cases. The group has enlisted the services of nonprofit organisation, the Foundation for Human Rights, which was formed in 1996 to enforce human rights following the abolishment of the Apartheid regime. The organisation is seeking relief to compel President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government, to establish an independent and public commission of inquiry into the alleged political interference that resulted in the alleged suppression of hundreds of apartheid-era crimes. Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr. Zaid Kimmie, Director at the Foundation for Human Rights

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