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United Nations Security Council Resolution 134

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Political unrest · 21 March 1960
Sharpeville Massacre

Sharpeville police station and memorial area · South Africa

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Primary international resolution adopted after the killings and protests.
1. Quick read
  On 21 March 1960, thousands of Black South Africans gathered at the Sharpeville police station during a Pan Africanist Congress campaign against apartheid pass laws.
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2. Trigger and conditions
  A large crowd assembled near the Sharpeville station and PAC leaders approached police to offer themselves for arrest.
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3. Uncertainty
  Accounts differ on the crowd's maximum size, the immediate movement before firing, and how individual officers understood events.
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4. Why it matters
  Sharpeville records the lethal enforcement of a system that criminalized ordinary movement.
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