Necklacing

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Under Necklacing ( Engl. Necklace "necklace"), also known as ruff method called, refers to a form of lynching . A car tire soaked in gasoline is hung around the victim's neck and arms and set on fire. The burning rubber melts with the body to form a burning mass, so that the victim can hardly be extinguished. This practice was best known during the struggle of the black population against South African apartheid policy in the 1980s and 1990s. It was used in the townships against actual or alleged informers of the white rulers of the time.

Necklacing and ANC

The ANC officially criticized the practice of necklacing from the start. ANC statements state that the development of necklacings into a media event was staged by agents of the white apartheid government in the townships in order to discredit the ANC. Since the perpetrators (like the victims) were regularly black, the apartheid government at the time was able to benefit from them propagandistically. On the part of more prominent persons within the ANC such as Winnie Mandela or George Mathusa , the ANC leader in the West Transvaal , threats with necklacing were repeated, from which the ANC then distanced itself. In one case, Winnie Mandela was later found to be involved in the crime and she was convicted.

Necklacing in other countries

The same practice took place in Haiti , where it was mainly used against supporters of the Duvalier dictatorship (between 1986 and 1990). Necklacing was also used in the civil war in the Congo , Mozambique and Sri Lanka during the JVP insurrection from 1987 to 1989. Necklacing cases have also occurred in Kenya and Brazil . Cases are also known from Nigeria .

Web links

Wiktionary: Necklacing  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerstin Dembsky: Lynch justice in Kenya: kill the thief! on spiegel.de (October 30, 2011), accessed November 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Identificado rapaz queimado com pneus on crn1.com.br (January 29, 2010), accessed on November 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Polícia identifica duas pessoas por matar e queimar jovem em Teresina on globo.com (August 6, 2013), accessed on November 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ 'Necklace' lynchings that shocked Africa on dailymail.co.uk (November 27, 2012), accessed November 20, 2017.