Detention & Torture in South Africa: Psychological, Legal & Historical Studies
- ISBN-10
- 031200785X
- ISBN-13
- 9780312007850
- Category
- Detention of persons
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Authors
- Don H. Foster, Dennis Davis
Description
It is widely believed that detainees held under security laws in South Africa are frequently subjected to torture, despite the state's claim to the contrary. A major purpose of the present book is to investigate to what extent a contention is true.
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