Word: idaf
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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Still, the IDAF powerful advocates in Washington Sen. Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate ad hoc monitoring group on Southern Africa, is a sponsor of the organization and has worked closely with Carstens in the past. At Carsten's Suggestion. Tsongas and other members of congress "adopted" political prisoners in South Africa to whom they corresponded and lent moral support...
Gomes believes the IDAF is unique. "There is lots of talk about South Africa with little directions or forces." he says. "The IDAF provides those missing ingredients...
...IDAF, by providing funds for lawyers, serves a "priceless" function. Gomes says. Because most South Africans tried for political crimes have little money, they have difficulty obtaining lawyers. Since there is no free public defence in South Africa. The IDAF, says Gomes, defers the necessary financial stimulus...
Most observers of south Africa consider the justice system to be a sharn. But given this fact, both Gomes and Carstens believe the IDAF has successfully worked within the system and helped bring about what Gomes calls "a fair number of acquittals or sentence reductions...
...Carstens puts it, the IDAF is essentially wothwhile. "How can you measure success in these conditions?" he asks. "It's humane task that we're performing. At the very least, We say to people: 'you are not alone...