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The Old Synagogue in Pretoria - Site of the Inquest into Biko's Death and Other Political Trials Biko became officially the 46th victim of torture and death under the State Security Laws....
17 de sept. de 2020 · Steve Biko, one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle, died in police detention on September 12, 1977. He was imprisoned on charges of terrorism. The South African Minister of Police announced that he died after a seven-day hunger strike.
12 de sept. de 1985 · With Michael Aldridge, Nigel Davenport, Mark Dignam, Albert Finney. Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
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- Drama, History
- Graham Evans, Albert Finney
- 1985-09-12
At the inquest into Biko’s death, no government official was prepared to condemn his treatment. The circumstances of his death were said to be inconclusive, and death was attributed to a 'prison accident.'. However, evidence presented during the 15-day inquest into Biko’s death revealed otherwise.
The inquest into his death was dramatised as a play, The Biko Inquest, first performed in London in 1978; a 1984 performance was directed by Albert Finney and broadcast on television.
In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student leader, on 18 August 1977. He was thirty years old and was reportedly extremely fit when arrested.
14 de nov. de 2011 · 14 November 1977. Steve Biko died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria prison hospital after it had been established that he had suffered some kind of head trauma. An inquest into his death was held two months later in Pretoria.
