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Beyers Naudé and Allan Boesak arrested for leading a protest march

This Day in History: 27 March 1985
Beyers Naudé, Allan Boesak and 200 others are arrested for leading a march through the city of Cape Town to Pollsmoor Prison. They were protesting for the release of Nelson Mandela. The charges were subsequently dropped, but the South African police kept the two men under surveillance.

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