Human Rights Torch Arrives in Durban

DURBAN, South Africa�The Human Rights Torch Relay visited Durban, South Africa on Feb. 16, with a music concert capping off the ceremony in Durban City Hall Square. Durban City councilor Mr. Jayraj Bachu was the invited host for the event and delivered a supporting speech at the Relay ceremony, whose theme since the relay began in Athens, Greece, in August 2007 has been: "The Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot coexist in China." Councilor Fawzia Peer, Chief Whip of the Ethekwini (Durban) Municipality, wrote a supporting letter for the Torch Relay which was read by Councilor Jayraj Bachu. In the letter, Mr. Peer said: "Human rights, political persecution and oppression are nothing new to us. This very square where you have assembled was the red square where anti-apartheid freedom campaigners often gathered in large numbers to voice their opposition to colonialism and apartheid.

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