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Easing up pressure on the South African government at this pivotal time following the release of Nelson Mandela would be a mistake, according to both...
...While Nelson Mandela is not a captive, he's also not a free man," Kerry said. Despite Mandela's release, Kerry voiced the need for a cautious approach to de Klerk. "I think the sanctions worked, and I think it's important to keep the sanctions in place...
Nearly 50 students gathered yesterday outside Widener Library in a rally to celebrate the release of South African dissident Nelson Mandela and urge continued economic sanctions against the white-governed country...
Chanting "Nelson Mandela is free, 28 million to go," students applauded South African President F.W. de Klerk's decision to release Mandela, who had been jailed since 1962, but emphasized that the struggle was not over...
...tensely awaited speech, De Klerk last week went a long way toward accepting the demands listed by black opposition groups as conditions for the start of talks on a new constitution. Most important, he promised to release the world's most famous prisoner, Nelson Mandela, now in his 28th year of imprisonment, though he did not say when. De Klerk legalized more than 60 banned organizations, lifted emergency restrictions on the press and on 374 political activists, suspended executions and put a six-month limit on detentions without trial. He also promised to lift the remaining elements of the state...