in 1977, anti—apartheid activist steve biko, leader of the black consciousness movement in south africace custody. weeks earlier, he had been arrested. witness has spoken to biko's friend peterjones who was arrested with him. i miss my friend steve biko, and i am forever in his debt. steve biko is one of the people that originated the new generation of young political—minded black people. the black consciousness movement. we believe in our country there will be no minority, no majority, there willjust be people. and those people will have the same status before the law and they will have the same rights before the law. the apartheid government ensured there was no resistance against its doctrines and against its policies. there was a roadblock, and they then searched the car. they found an identity document, which was mine, they then said, "who is peter jones? " and i said, "that's me". he said, "oh, and who are you, big man?" that's now steve. and steve said, "i'm steve bantu biko." and we were then locked up together in one cell. the next morning, we started getting an uneasy feeling,

then this young man told me that they have just returned from the funeral of steve biko and that was out the death of steve bi ko. i went to my mat that was my bed, and i then just sat there... er, with... to me, it was like a huge hole in my soul, just inconsolability which even today would make me weep at unexpected moments. the police said the leader of the black consciousness movement had lost his life by accident when his head struck a wall while he was being restrained. steve biko's family believe he was thrown at the wall quite deliberately by the police officers. steve biko's death and the brutality of it highlighted like no other event at the time the extent to which the apartheid regime would go to protect itself. peterjones remembering his friend, steve biko. remember, you can watch witness every month on the bbc news channel, or you can catch up on all of ourfilms, along with more than 1,000 radio programmes, in our online archive. just to go bbc.co.uk/witness. in the late 19705, thousands of young men and women were detained in argentina for their opposition to military r