full_name: Christmas Fihla Tinto
firstname: Christmas Fihla
description: An ANC member and later UDF official in Cape Town who was detained for long periods and severely tortured by named members of the SAP in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1976. In this period he was banned for five years. He was also convicted of ANC-related offences in 1963 and 1977 but was released from Robben Island after winning the appeals. He was detained in 1985 for several months and again in 1986 for 14 months. On his release in February 1988 he was placed under restriction orders &nbsp;