WATCH | In a first for democratic SA, court finds state committed torture
Government was 100% liable for the assault and torture of five inmates at Leeuwkop prison in 2014, judge rules
31 August 2023 - 20:59
For the first time in South Africa since the end of apartheid, a court has found the state to have committed torture: the Johannesburg high court on Thursday found that the government was 100% liable for the assault and torture of five inmates at Leeuwkop Prison in 2014...
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