He was killed for fighting for freedom, justice and equality. What would he think of South Africa today?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge was assassinated on the night of 19 November 1981.
After his release from Robben Island he was served with a two-year banning order and regular detention by the apartheid security establishment, including a period of 109 days in solitary confinement. As a lawyer, he represented Maphetla Mohapi of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died in police custody. He represented Joseph Mdluli, an uMkhonto weSizwe cadre who also died in police detention. He was the instructing attorney of the Pan-Africanist Congress leader Zephaniah Mothopeng in the Bethal “terrorism” trial. This tells us that he had the courage to fight these legal cases.
With Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza going on for more than a year now has shattered the image of Western governments such as the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom as a champion of international law and human rights. In this context, the South African government has honoured the legacy of Griffiths Mxenge by standing up to Israel and to defend international law and human rights by pursuing the charges of genocide against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
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