Death Sentence - Anti-apartheid (1986) -

: In response to the spike in sentences, the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) and Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS) launched major international campaigns to stop the hangings.

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 99th Congress (1985-1986) Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)

3. International Response: The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (1986) : In response to the spike in sentences,

The use of the death penalty during the apartheid era (1948–1994) represents a intersection of judicial state-sanctioned violence and political repression. By 1986, South Africa was under a heightened State of Emergency, and the use of the death sentence as a weapon against anti-apartheid activists reached a critical peak. 1. The Judicial Weaponization of Execution By 1986, South Africa was under a heightened

: In the mid-1980s, the state increasingly used the "common purpose" legal doctrine to sentence groups of activists to death, even if they were not directly responsible for a specific killing.

The year 1986 saw a dramatic escalation in resistance and state response.