Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) on Monday protested the 14 November expulsion of two South African journalists in a letter addressed to Swaziland Prime Minister Suibusiso Glaminion.
Robert Menard, Secretary General of RSF, reminded Glamini that “the right to inform and to be informed is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. He further called on the government to sign and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
According to the information collected by RSF, Themba Molefe and Pat Seboko - respectively journalist and photographer of the South African daily, ‘The Sowetan’ - were arrested at a checkpoint on the road between Mbabane and Lobamba, where they planned to attend the court hearing of Mario Masuku, the leader of the banned People United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO).
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