Readers will remember the case’of Dr. Abrahams, the South African whose abduction from Bechuanaland raised ijuch a . furore that even Verwoerd had to bow to world public opinion and allow him to leave South Africa. We have received from some German stu:.2nts the following appeal:
"The German participants in th defence work in the Dr. Neville Alexander = case have just received an appeal for immediate financial help in a situation 7 involving a figure frequently named during the trial as one of the inspirers . of the movement for which Dr, Alexander and ten other victims were condemned * to long prison sentences. This is 2. Kenneth G. Abrahams, another outstanding intellectual who has dedicated his life to freeing his country from the intolerable racist structure imposed by the apartheid Verwoerd Government.
"Dr. Abrahams was not in the prisoners' dock with his friend Dr. Alexander only because he was outside the country. But before he managed to leave, he and three companions were dragged into a Supreme Court hearing on his political views. Under the fascist-like laws of South Africa, the court ruled that Dr. Abrahams must pay the total costs of the hearing. The bill presented to Dr. Abrahams was £316. 10s. Dr. Abrahams, now a refugee in another country, has no money; and the South African Government has no way of collecting from him, Verwqerd's police thought of an ingenious solution. They have threatened to attach the house which Dr. Abrahams left to his aged parents and eject them unless the money is paid at on®&
"We have organised an immediate fund to hélp pay the ransom demanded by the Verwoerd Government, The address to which contributions should be snet is:
Franz J.T. Lee,
74, Tubingen,
Schwabstrasse 22,
West Germany,
Please use an International Money Order or send a cheque."
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