FORBES, Ashley ‘Yusuf’

Age 22

Description
An MK operative who was detained in May 1987 under section 29, held for six months and severely tortured by named Western Cape Security Branch operatives in Cape Town. He was then charged with terrorism and held in custody while awaiting trial, before being sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Two members of the Security Branch were granted amnesty for the torture (AC/1999/0027 and AC/1999/028).

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Episode 57 | Watch the Episode

... for his wet-bag torture method. Benzien appeared before the Amnesty Committee this week for the torture of activists and killing of MK cadre Ashley Kriel and were confronted by some of his torture victims Tony Yengeni, Ashley Forbes and Gary Kruser. The Special Report team accompanied ...

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Transcript of episode 57, section 2, starting at: 07:53

‘Ashley Forbes, Former MK Commander, Torture victim.’ // Do you remember saying to me that you are able to treat me like an animal or like a human being and that how you treated me depended on whether I cooperated or not? // I can’t remember it correctly sir, but I would concede I may have ...

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Transcript of episode 57, section 2, starting at: 15:15

Initially I felt a bit sorry for him, on the first day when I saw him because I thought that he had a lot on his shoulders. Ja, he went through a lot himself and he had a lot of things to speak about and he seemed such a lonely figure because there wasn’t anybody with him. He didn’t have any ...

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