NO MEDIA FREEDOM IN SWAZILAND

From Swazi Media Commentary Wed Apr 13 2011, 08:43:00

Nastasya Tay, the Eyewitness News reporter detained by Swaziland police during the protests yesterday (12 April 2011) and escorted out of Manzini, has been speaking about media freedom in the kingdom.

Lutfo Dlamini, the Swazi Foreign Minister, had told South African journalists that the media in Swaziland were free to report anything they liked.

Not so, says Tay, who went on to say that people in Swaziland were too scared of the authorities to speak to the media.

She was interviewed on South Africa's Talk Radio 702 on the Mid Day Report at 12 noon (10.00 GMT)

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