The acquittal of the remaining defendants ended a state prosecution that had sought to criminalise the Congress Alliance's multiracial opposition to apartheid. The case disrupted organisers through arrests, travel restrictions and years in court, but it did not establish that resistance was unlawful. The campaign depended on a broad network of activists, lawyers, families and supporters.
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What was the effect of the Treason Trial acquittals on the ANC?
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Acquittal did not end repression or restore the ANC’s legal status.
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