Total strategy 1948-1989: A statistical summary


DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL
No. of persons detained (from 1960-1990)
including children (under 18)
including women
Estimate of numbers tortured in detention
No. of deaths in security detention (1960-1990)
No. of political deaths in police custody (1984-1989)

BANNING OF PERSONS
Banning and restriction orders (1950-1989)-estimated
Persons 'listed' (gagged) ? estimated

POLITICAL TRIALS
?Security' trials persons charged - estimated
?Unrest' trials persons charged - estimated
Political executions (1963-1989)


ORGANISATIONS
Numbers banned and restricted (1950-1989)

GATHERINGS
Blanket ban on outdoor political gatherings (1976-1990)
Bans on specific gatherings

PUBLICATIONS
Newspapers closed down
Newspapers warned
Newspapers suspended
Publications banned for possession or distribution - estimated



DEATHS IN POLITICAL UNREST
Deaths from 1948-1983
Deaths from 1984 -1989

MASSACRES
No. of major massacres (1948-1989)

COVERT OPERATIONS
No. of abductions recorded by HRC
No. of disappearances recorded by HRC
No. of assassinations recorded by HRC


CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS
No. of major cross-border raids
No. of cross-border bombings
No. of cross-border abductions
No. of lives lost (excluding Angolan invasion)










80 000
15 000
10 000
20 000
73
37




3 000
600

15 000
150 000
49

100

many thousands

8
8
3
10 000


1 400
5 600

46

30
38
150

12
29
20
147