full_name: Pedro Van Wyk
firstname: Pedro
description: A UDF activist who was tortured and severely beaten while in detention by a named member of the SAP in Beaufort West, Cape, in 1983 during political protests against the Tricameral Parliament elections. Mr Van Wyk was detained in Williston, Cape, for three months in 1989 where he was assaulted by members of the SAP at various Karoo police stations. In July 1990 he was again assaulted by policemen and detained for a month. 