Johan Theron
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Johan Theron was a former information officer in South Africa
's apartheid government's Special Forces
. Theron testified before South Africa's High Court during the trial of Wouter Basson
for human rights crimes. Theron told the court that he had personally caused or supervised the murders of over 200 anti-apartheid political prisoners between 1979 and 1987. He claimed that the murders were merely a part of his job.
At the conclusion of the Wouter Basson
trial in 2002, the presiding magistrate, Justice Hatzenburg, refused to grant Johan Theron indemnity from prosecution http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/63.html. Subsequent to the Basson trail, Theron never bothered to apply for amnesty from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) http://www.suntimes.co.za/mampara/2000/theron.asp as he was never formally charged with the crimes he claimed to have committed. No image of him has ever been published.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
's apartheid government's Special Forces
Special forces
Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
. Theron testified before South Africa's High Court during the trial of Wouter Basson
Wouter Basson
Wouter Basson is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr...
for human rights crimes. Theron told the court that he had personally caused or supervised the murders of over 200 anti-apartheid political prisoners between 1979 and 1987. He claimed that the murders were merely a part of his job.
At the conclusion of the Wouter Basson
Wouter Basson
Wouter Basson is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr...
trial in 2002, the presiding magistrate, Justice Hatzenburg, refused to grant Johan Theron indemnity from prosecution http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/cbw/63.html. Subsequent to the Basson trail, Theron never bothered to apply for amnesty from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) http://www.suntimes.co.za/mampara/2000/theron.asp as he was never formally charged with the crimes he claimed to have committed. No image of him has ever been published.