The Southern African Liaison Office

The Southern African Liaison Office

International liaison, dialogue and research.

Swaziland News Briefs 

Swaziland – 27 February 2015

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Swaziland: Jailed Journalists Case Goes to UN

Leading international lawyers are asking a United Nations working group to rule whether the jailing of a Swaziland magazine editor and human rights lawyer for publishing articles critical of the kingdom’s judiciary are lawful.

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Swaziland: Swazi Human Rights Worsen – Amnesty

The rule of law, access to effective remedies and protection of human rights in Swaziland continued to deteriorate in the past year as a consequence of the further undermining of judicial independence, Amnesty International said in its annual report.

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Swaziland: ‘King At Centre of Iron Mine Failure’

King Mswati III is at the centre of a US$141 million arbitration dispute after it was claimed his appointees deliberately worked to make a multi-million dollar iron ore mining business in Swaziland fail so the King would not have to repay US$10 million he had been paid by the company.

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