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Human rights defenders are tortured and killed in eSwatini for demanding democracy”, Zwemart

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April 12, 2025

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“Human rights defenders are tortured and killed in eSwatini for demanding democracy”, editor Zweli Martin Dlamini tells SABC.

BY MUSA MDLULI

Swaziland News,12th April 2025

MBABANE:Zweli Martin Dlamini, the editor of this Swaziland News told the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC) Channel Africa radio that, human rights defenders are arrested, tortured or even killed in eSwatini merely for demanding democracy.

The editor was interviewed on Wednesday morning ahead of the 12 April 1973 King’s Decree Commemoration this week, he said as a result of the Decree that banned political parties, independent journalists are also persecuted in eSwatini adding that, he was once abducted and tortured merely for writing critical articles seeking to hold those in power including the Monarchy accountable.

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