#SwaziJustice

“Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go way.” Of course, they will never go away even if brutal force, arrests and other forms of suppression and repression are used to silence dissent. 

The path to freedom goes through prison, but the triumph of justice over evil is inevitable.”

- Thulani Maseko: human rights lawyer.

Editor of The Nation Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko by the Swaziland High Court in Mbabane were convicted on contempt of court charges on July 17, in connection with separate articles each wrote in the independent newsmagazine criticizing the kingdom’s chief justice, Michael Ramodibedi.