Swaziland's deteriorating human rights record just got worse today, when a court sentenced a human rights lawyer and an editor to two years in prison - all because they spoke out against the country's chief justice.
Police arrested lawyer Thulani Maseko, along with the editor of Swaziland's the Nation newspaper, Bheki Makhubu, after the Nation published two articles written by Maseko that criticized Swaziland's chief justice. Maseko and Makhubu were charged with contempt of court and spent more than three months in prison, before and during their trial.
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