George Bizos was a Greek-South African human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa. He was noted for representing Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Trial.
He instructed Mandela to add the qualification “if needs be” to his trial address, which is credited with sparing him from a sentence of death. Bizos also represented the families of anti-apartheid activists killed by the government, throughout the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
George Bizos
BORN: 14 November 1927
HOME TOWN: Vasilitsi, Messenia, Second Hellenic Republic
PARENT: Antoni (mother)
SPOUSE: Arethe Daflos (m. 1948; died 2017)
DIED: 9 September 2020 (aged 92)
PLACE OF DEATH: Johannesburg, South Africa
RESTING PLACE: Westpark Cemetery, Randburg, South Africa
CHILDREN: Alexi Bizos, Damon Bizos, Kimon Bizos
OCCUPATION: Human Rights Lawyer, Jurist, Human rights activist
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