Archived Former South African president De Klerk withdraws from U.S. rights talk (reuters.com)
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Archived Former South African president De Klerk withdraws from U.S. rights talk (reuters.com)
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'CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa’s last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, has withdrawn from a U.S. seminar about minority rights because he did not want to embarrass himself or his hosts in the current charged racial climate, his foundation said on Sunday. '
'De Klerk, who was the head of South Africa’s white minority government until 1994, was scheduled to speak on July 1 at an American Bar Association (ABA) virtual event on issues such as minority rights, racism and the rule of law. '
'De Klerk’s foundation defended his legacy of helping South Africa’s transition from white minority rule to non-racial constitutional democracy and for being the only world leader to dismantle an existing nuclear arsenal. '
'He is the son of Fort Calata, who was killed along with three other anti-apartheid activists by South African police in 1985 in an incident known as “The Cradock Four”. '
'In a follow-up statement, ABA confirmed the panel was cancelled at midday on Saturday. '
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