CPJ condemns Swaziland editor's prison sentence

From Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa Fri Jul 25 2014, 16:33:12

Cape Town, July 25, 2014--CPJ is appalled by the two-year prison sentence, without the option of a fine, imposed today on editor of The Nation Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko by the Swaziland High Court in Mbabane. The pair was convicted on contempt of court charges on...

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