Mbabane - Swazilands High Court on Friday jailed a magazine editor - TopicsExpress



          

Mbabane - Swazilands High Court on Friday jailed a magazine editor and a human rights lawyer for two years for contempt of court over articles critical of the government and judiciary. Judge Mpendulo Simelane said the two-year sentences were meant to be a deterrent to other journalists. It was becoming a habit in Swaziland for journalists to write scurrilous articles which were reprehensible and unacceptable to right-thinking members of society, he said. Criticism of absolute monarch King Mswati III and his government is outlawed, and courts have come down hard on perceived opponents.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 05:40:03 +0000

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