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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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South Africa - Tutoo's Purple Rope of the Copse

His calls for economic and sporting sanctions were picked up by ordinary people around the world. President p w burther imposed a state of emergency that saw thousands of people detained without trial. In the meantime, archbishop totoo was out on the treets trying to protect unarmed south africans from the wrath of the police. Security licemen who were following him at the time told me that they got clear messages from above that even when other people were targets if they were to target totoo, would be self defeating.

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