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The recent protests in the U.S. were provoked in part by the arrest of 16 black labor leaders by South African police. Jesse Jackson and Senator Edward Kennedy, who have been granted visas to travel to South Africa, had planned to press for the release of the unionists while in Pretoria. Ambassador Fourie announced at week's end that eleven of the prisoners had been released and five will be charged with crimes. Fourie claimed to be "perplexed about why this movement is so silent when it comes to human rights violations in the Soviet Union or those that occur in other parts of Africa." He added, "We will listen to constructive criticism, but we will not be intimidated by anyone." -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Johanna McGeary and Alessandra Stanley/ Washington, with other bureaus