George Bizos (Greek: Γιώργος Μπίζος;[2] 14 November 1927 – 9 September 2020) 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, Anti-Apartheid Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies at 92 (Published 2020)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023.
^Ατλας της Ελληνικης διασπορας, Volume 2, Alexandros, 2001, p. 428.
hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Bizos was the son of Antonios "Antoni" Bizos, the mayor of the small village of Vasilitsi, south of...
instructing attorney, Bram Fischer, Vernon Berrangé, Arthur Chaskalson and GeorgeBizos. Hilda Bernstein (wife of Rusty Bernstein) approached Joffe after being...
closely in his research and the evaluation of the evidence with Advocate GeorgeBizos, Professor John Dugard, former KwaZulu-Natal state attorney Krish Govender...
unit at the Legal Resources Centre, during which time he worked with GeorgeBizos as counsel for the families of the victims of the Marikana massacre....
Party. The Hani family was represented by the anti-apartheid lawyer GeorgeBizos. Their applications were denied when the TRC ruled that they had not...
of lawyers, led by anti-Apartheid activist and senior legal counsel GeorgeBizos with Denis Kuny as his junior, used 'similar fact' evidence and argued...
Andrew Mlangeni and Denis Goldberg, along with lawyers Joel Joffe, GeorgeBizos and Denis Kuny in a documentary film entitled “Life is Wonderful”, directed...
orders from the Conservative Party. Hani's family was represented by GeorgeBizos in a trial that lasted from 24 to 27 November 1997. Throughout their...
in a 25 March Greek War of Independence Poetry Celebration with GeorgeBizos. Bizos nicknamed her "l'enfant terrible" for her resistance to the status...
with their lawyers - Bram Fischer, Joel Joffe, Arthur Chaskalson and GeorgeBizos - who told them that their situation was dire and that death by hanging...
frequently clogged with traffic. The Gillooly's Interchange (renamed GeorgeBizos Interchange in 2021), built on an old farm and the point at which the...
the slightest doubt that I acted correctly, and saved this country." GeorgeBizos, one of the trial's defence lawyers, called the statement self-aggrandising...
Chinese Association of South Africa was represented by human rights lawyer GeorgeBizos in court during the case. However, Chinese South Africans who immigrated...
located at the interchange between the N3, N12 and R24 highways named the GeorgeBizos Interchange (previously Gilooly’s Interchange). The N3 connects Germiston...
Madikizela-Mandela, the ANC's head of social welfare. In addition, along with GeorgeBizos and others, he served on the legal team that represented Madikizela-Mandela...
provoking revolt in the Vaal Triangle. Represented by Arthur Chaskalson and GeorgeBizos, the defendants also denied alternative charges of common-purpose murder...
icon, Parliamentary Councillor and adviser to President Nelson Mandela GeorgeBizos – Greek-South African human rights lawyer Nkosi Johnson – Child AIDS...
for their role in the murder, but Hani and her family – represented by GeorgeBizos – vociferously, and successfully, opposed amnesty. When a court approved...
Making of the Mahatma, District 9, Mia et le lion blanc). 9 September – GeorgeBizos, 92, human rights lawyer (Rivonia Trial) and anti-apartheid activist...
Trial, Denis Goldberg and Ahmed Kathrada, along with lawyers Joel Joffe, GeorgeBizos and Denis Kuny in a documentary film entitled Life is Wonderful, directed...
South Africans should celebrate his life. Noted human rights lawyer GeorgeBizos said: "He will go down in history forever as the one person who set an...
letter-bomb in similar circumstances in 1982 – the Schoons were represented by GeorgeBizos, who argued, among other things, that Williamson had personal reason...
lawyer (born 1942) Vernon Berrangé, human rights advocate (1900–1983) GeorgeBizos, lawyer (1927–2020) Louis Botha, Boer War General, captured Winston Churchill...
Conference of the African National Congress is held in Durban. Unknown date GeorgeBizos is admitted as a lawyer to the South African Bar. 13 January – Trevor...
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