JOURNALISTS CRITICAL OF REGIME JAILED

From Swazi Media Commentary Fri Jul 25 2014, 12:23:00

Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu and Human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday (25 January 2014) after they wrote articles for the Nation magazine critical of the Swazi judiciary.

They were not given an option of a fine.

The sentence was immediately condemned by Freedom House, the global human rights organisation as 'shameful' and a 'brazen contempt for the free press'.

There had been protests across the world after the pair were convicted by the Swazi High Court of contempt of court a week earlier.

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