FIGHT CONTINUES TO: FREE ALEXANDER ELEVEN
LONDON, April 7 -- The British Alexander Defence Committee met last night to.consider its further course in light of the rejection by the South African court of the appeal of Dr. Neville Alexander and his ten co-defendants against the miscarriage of justice in their case.
The eleven political opponents of the apartheid system, including four women, were sentenced to terms up to ten years for their views, since no overt act was charged against them. They are now serving their sentences in the dungeons of South Africa. The seven men are confined in the notorious Robben Island prison where more than 1,000 political prisoners are reportedly being held,
The British Alexander Defence Committee came to the conclusion that the decision of the court rejecting the appeal of Dr. Alexander is. unacceptable. It therefore passed a motion unanimously to keep up the fight to free the Alexander Eleven and to extend the work to include ather victims of the apartheid system.
The means which the committee proposes to use were listed in their resolution as follows:
(1) Continuing: to: publicise as-widely as possible the case of Dr. Alexander and his colleagues’ who are serving long prison sentences under the notorious "Sabotage Law."
(2) Exploring new legal avenues for their appeal and providing funds for their defence and the support of their families, as long as they are unable to do so,
(3) Assisting the prisoners in any way possible to continue their studies,
(4) Organising such actions as we are able, to compel the government of the Republic of South Africa to renounce its apartheid policies, to amnesty all political prisoners and ameliorate the unspeakable conditions under which political prisoners are held,
(5) To assist, where possible, other victims of apartheid whose needs are brought to the attention of the committee,
(6) To co-operate as closely as possible with all organisations in Britain and abroad who have similar aims.
This action by the British committee follows a similar decision by the Alexander Defense Committee in the United States.
The address of the British Alexander Defence Committee is as follows: Mrs. C,. Kirkby, 27 Thursley House, Holmewood Gardens, London, S.W.2.