Swaziland - Political magazine editor finally freed

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved by the release of Bheki Makhubu, the editor of the political news magazine The Nation, and calls for him to be compensated for the time spent in prison on an absurd contempt of court charge. Swaziland's supreme court freed him and human right lawyer Thulani Maseko on appeal yesterday, ruling that they were “wrongly convicted” and that the original judgment was “unsustainable.” “We are delighted to learn that Bheki Makhubu is out of prison and we welcome the (...)

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