: Many political executions were carried out in secret at Pretoria Central Prison, often without full public disclosure of the trials.
: Sentences were heavily biased; data from 1982–1983 shows that 95% of those sentenced to death were Black. Black activists were often executed for killing white police officers, while white individuals rarely faced the same penalty for killing Black citizens. 2. High-Profile Cases and Campaigns (1986) Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)
: In the mid-1980s, the state increasingly used the "common purpose" legal doctrine to sentence groups of activists to death, even if they were not directly responsible for a specific killing. : Many political executions were carried out in
3. International Response: The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (1986) Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)
While the South African state intensified executions, the international community responded with legislative pressure.