legislation: 98-sconres-139

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98-sconres-139 98 sconres 139 A concurrent resolution condemning South Africa's arrests and detentions of political opponents. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 1984-09-11 1984-10-03 Referred to Subcommittee on Africa. Senate Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] DE R R000460 3 States that: (1) the United States should not lend support to any South African constitutional reform arrangements which do not address the political aspirations of that nation's black majority; (2) the Congress condemns the South African Government's arbitrary arrests and detention of peaceful opponents to such government's constitutional arrangements; (3) the Congress is dismayed by such government's decision to defy and to bypass its high court's rulings in order to suppress lawful political opposition; and (4) the South African Government should terminate such practices and release those persons who have been imprisoned for expressing their political preferences. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  

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