[Marxism] Lawyer of PUDEMO (Swaziland) President Arrested

[glparramatta <glparramatta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

PUDEMO media statement, 3 June 2009


The Swazi regime has gone mad beyond recovery!

Advocate Thulani Maseko, lawyer of PUDEMO President was arrested 
yesterday on charges of TERRORISM!

This is a clear indication that the Swazi regime wants to do away with 
all human rights activists.

Thulani Maseko is a founding member of the Swaziland Association of 
Students, former president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) 
at the University of Swaziland, former Secretary General of PUDEMO, 
founding member of Lawyers for Human Rights Swaziland, founding member 
and chairperson of the National Constitutional Assembly.

He has represented many comrades in their legal battles against the 
regime including the successful case by the ex-miners in which the court 
ruled in favour of the people for free education.

Advocate Maseko is a well respected lawyer around the world, having been 
recently invited by the Foreign affairs Minister in the UK and the EU to 
state the case for Swaziland.

It is not clear as yet where he is kept and what is happening to him.

But we fear for his life.


PUDEMO International Relations
c/o Head of Publicity
Manzini, Swaziland

cell numbers
268-607-3453 (Swaziland)
27-73-142-7594 (South Africa)
27-82-923-1401 (South Africa)

from
http://freemariomasuku.blogspot.com/


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