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Ahmed Timol was murdered in custody. Why did justice stop there?
Ahmed Timol was a young schoolteacher in Roodepoort who opposed apartheid. He was arrested at a police roadblock on October 22, 1971, and died five days later. He was the 22nd political detainee to die in detention since 1960. His nephew is still seeking justice for him.
South Africa
The 2017 inquest found that Ahmed Timol was murdered by apartheid security police. But court records show how post-1994 political interference and prosecutorial inaction helped ensure that no one was tried.
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- October 27, 2026
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