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George Bizos: heroic South African human rights lawyer with a macabre duty to represent the dead

George Bizos: heroic South African human rights lawyer with a macabre duty to represent the dead

KEITH GOTTSCHALK, Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape ADVOCATE George Bizos, who has died at the age of 92, stands in the pantheon of South African human rights lawyers and anti-apartheid activists. Throughout his lengthy lifetime, he doggedly used the courts as his chosen terrain to fight back against a police state that blatantly violated the rule of law. His lifelong commitment to human rights left a legacy in South Africa’s constitution and bill of rights. He knew that democracy is not a destination but a lifelong quest: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Bizos was among a…
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