Finally, proper inquest 53 years after imam tortured to death by security police
Imam Abdullah Haron died after 123 days’ solitary confinement and torture, but apartheid officials said he fell down stairs
01 June 2022 - 19:58
Fifty-three years after cleric Imam Abdullah Haron died at the hands of security police in Cape Town’s Maitland police station on September 27 1969, a proper inquest is finally on the way...
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