The Nationmagazine in Swaziland, whose editor has been jailed for two years for publishing articles critical of the judiciary, has vowed to continue with its campaign for freedom in the kingdom.
Meanwhile, a fighting fund has been launched to raise the E100,000 (US$10,000) the magazine was fined and other legal costs. The magazine intends to appeal the decision in the Swazi Supreme Court sitting in November 2014.
Bheki Makhubu, the magazine's editor, and Thulani Maseko, a human rights lawyer and writer, were jailed for two years after a Swazi High Court judge found them guilty of contempt of court.
The monthly magazine is considered by observers to be one of the few independent voices in the kingdom which is ruled by King Mswati III as an absolute monarch. In an editorial in its August 2014 edition it said it refused to 'toe the line'.
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