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Ruth First: Banned 1960 to 1982 (killed in exile by police letter bomb). Ela Gandhi: Banned in 1975. Alcott 'Skei' Gwentshe: Banned November 1952; sentenced to 9 years in prison for violating the banning order, 26 March 1953. Bertha Gxowa: Banned in 1960. [28] Adelaine Hain: Banned in 1963. [29] Viola Hashe: Banned in 1963 until her death in ...
Revolutionary, anti-apartheid dissident, leader of African National Congress, later first post-apartheid President of South Africa: Banned after the apartheid regime of South Africa designated the ANC as a terrorist organization in 1960, requiring Mandela to receive a waiver from the U.S. Secretary of State to visit the United States.
Although banned from the Olympic Games due to its policy of apartheid, it was not banned from the Paralympics until 1980, and Canada, as host country, did not object to its participation. These were, however, to be its last Paralympics before the dismantling of apartheid; The Netherlands , as hosts of the 1980 Games , declared South Africa's ...
The privileging of the Han people in ethnic minority areas outside of China proper, such as the Uyghur-majority Xinjiang and the central government's policy of settlement in Tibet, and the alleged erosion of indigenous religion, language and culture through repressive measures (such as the Han Bingtuan militia in Xinjiang) and sinicization have been likened to "cultural genocide" and apartheid ...
2010 (ban applied in 2009) [25] Ron Killings (aka R-Truth) United States: Professional wrestler Criminal record. [26] [27] Returned in 2011 for a WWE live event (ban applied in 2008). [28] Winnie Mandela South Africa: Anti-apartheid activist and wife of Nelson Mandela: Criminal record, including a conviction of kidnapping and assault. [29] 2018 ...
While international opposition to apartheid grew, the Nordic countries, and Sweden in particular, provided both moral and financial support for the African National Congress (ANC). [5] Pope John Paul II was an outspoken opponent of apartheid. In September 1988, he made a pilgrimage to countries bordering South Africa, while demonstratively ...
But TikTok actually faced an even bigger exodus of users in 2020, when India banned the app. At the time, India was TikTok’s biggest foreign market outside of China, with 200 million users .
Banned in Apartheid South Africa until 1990. [238] Burger's Daughter: Nadine Gordimer: 1979 Novel Banned in South Africa in July 1979 for going against the government's racial policies; the ban was reversed in October of the same year. [161] July's People (1981) Nadine Gordimer: 1981 Novel Banned during the Apartheid-era in South Africa. [239]