Denmark questions Mswati on human rights
Denmark has raised the questions of political freedom, human rights, and the trial of political activists Mario Masuku and Maxwell…
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Swazi News
Maxwell freed, Musa found guilty
According to the Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice and PUDEMO, Swaziland Youth Congress Secretary General Maxwell Dlamini has been acquitted of…
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Youth league President acquitted of terrorist charges in absolute monarchy
Bheki Dlamini, President of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO), the youth wing of Swaziland’s largest illegal political party PUDEMO, and…
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Police break up Mandela memorial in absolute monarchy
Leaders and dignitaries from all over the world took part in a memorial for Nelson Mandela on Tuesday in Johannesburg….
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Reform Swaziland’s absolute monarchy from within, says UK think tank
In a new report, UK-based think tank, Chatham House, is urging Swazis to reform their absolute monarchy from within. “The…
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Court case against Swazi activists is a farce
The court case of two political activists in the tiny absolute monarchy of Swaziland is getting increasingly farcical. Secretary General…
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Swazi ”selections” begin
Swaziland’s elections have started, elections that many people in the small absolute monarchy jokingly refer to as “selections”, not elections….
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Swaziland is deliberately traumatizing political activists
Swaziland’s absolute monarchy has a record of harassing, torturing and arbitrarily detaining political activists, and then either leaving them to…
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Swazi government trying to crush union movement, says Amnesty report
“The rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly [in Swaziland] continued to be violated, with arbitrary arrests and…
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Wonder Mkhonza granted bail
According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15…
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”Incompetent” and “catastrophic” Swazi regime ignores Swazi people
”The results of Mswati’s absolute rule for the Swazi people have been catastrophic,” independent watchdog organisation Freedom House writes in…
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Swazi regime detain PUDEMO member for handling pamphlets on state of emergency anniversary
Wonder Mkhonza, National Organising Secretary of the banned Swazi political party the People’s United Democratic Movement and Secretary General of…
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