JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Jailed South African apartheid death-squad leader Eugene de Kock, dubbed 'Prime Evil' for murdering black activists in the 1980s, has launched a court bid to force the government to consider him for parole, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
De Kock, who is believed to have been responsible for more atrocities than any other man in the efforts to preserve white minority rule in South Africa, became eligible for release last month after 20 years behind bars.
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