NAIDOO, Prema

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An ANC supporter and trade union activist who was detained at John Vorster Square, Johannesburg in 1982 where he was kept in solitary confinement, tortured, severely assaulted and kept awake for six days and nights, allegedly by named members of the security forces. He was later sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment for harbouring and assisting a prisoner who escaped from Pretoria Central prison, Pretoria, to leave the country.

TV Series Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report Glossary

Volume 2, Chapter 3

... also heard evidence of bona fide cases of suicide and accounts from detainees who said they had contemplated or attempted suicide. Mr Prema Naidoo spoke of his wish to commit suicide after revealing information after six days of unremitting torture: “I contemplated suicide, not because ...

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Volume 2, Chapter 3

... Branch methods”. The detainees in respect of whom he applied for amnesty include Mr Benjamin Greyling, Mr Gerhardus van der Werf, Mr Prema Naidoo, Mr Suresh Nanabhai, Mr Michael Jenkins and Ms Esther Levetan. 211 Amnesty applicant Jeffrey Benzien [AM5314/97] was a detective at the ...

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