Eswatini: Student activist arbitrarily detained, facing malicious charges must be released immediately

By Amnesty International

Responding to the arbitrary detention and malicious charges of sedition and damage to property brought against Colani Maseko, the President of the Swaziland National Union of Students, and the brief arrest and subsequent release of activist Sibusiso Nkwanyane by police officers on 31 January, Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, said: […] The post Eswatini: Student activist arbitrarily detained, facing malicious charges must be released immediately appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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