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Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa

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Letter from Mike Terry, Executive Secretary, Anti-Apartheid Movement, 18 January 2003: "Before the first event, the prospect of Nelson Mandela's imminent release from prison seemed completely unrealistic. Yet within 20 months he walked free and I have no doubt that the first event played a decisive
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Mandela's lawyer and Mike Terry, head of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in London, met Hollingsworth in London in December 1989. According to his lawyer, Mandela was insisting on two conditions: that he would be able to talk for any length of time and that the speech would not be edited on television.
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Mandela was on stage for 45 minutes and received a standing ovation for the first eight minutes of this time period. During his time on stage, he called for sanctions against South Africa to be maintained and for people across the world to continue pressing for an
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At one stage, Mandela considered disassociating himself from the planned concert, after senior ANC figures persuaded him that he should not be holding such an event in "Thatcher’s country", as the ANC believed that British Prime Minister
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It was also agreed that the widest possible international television coverage would be sought after, and that broadcast fees and gate money would not be profit-driven, but would rather be used to cover the costs of staging the concert.
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were convinced that the first event increased global pressure on the South African regime to release Mandela—a move that would be the first step in releasing other political prisoners and ending the apartheid regime.
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concert to Mandela in June 1988, held while the black South African leader was still in prison, and the growing likelihood that he would be released reasonably soon led Mandela's lawyer to ask
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role in making this happen. This was implicitly acknowledged by Nelson Mandela, himself, by his decision to participate in the second event."
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had supported the apartheid regime. He was eventually persuaded to proceed with his participation in the event by Archbishop
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prison and was regarded by Mandela as an official international reception.
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Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules)
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51°33′21.9″N 0°16′44.7″W / 51.556083°N 0.279083°W / 51.556083; -0.279083
concert
Wembley Stadium
London
Nelson Mandela
apartheid
70th birthday-tribute
Tony Hollingsworth
African National Congress
Anti-Apartheid Movement
Margaret Thatcher
Trevor Huddleston

adding to it
apartheid
Anita Baker
Bonnie Raitt
Chrissie Hynde
Jackson Browne
Lou Reed
Natalie Cole
Neil Young
Peter Gabriel
Simple Minds
Tracy Chapman
Stetsasonic
Aswad
Ben Elton
Caiphus Semenya
Daniel Lanois

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