Swaziland - Letter to prime minister about threats to columnists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders wrote to Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini yesterday voicing outrage at the fact that he accused Swaziland's newspaper columnists of trying to tarnish the country's image at the behest of foreign interests and suggested that newspapers should be required by law to obtain the government's permission before publishing any column. “Conspiracy theory is an old refrain in the simplistic rhetoric of governments with little inclination to respect basic freedoms, (...)

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