Africa-Press – Eswatini. The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged authorities in Eswatini to investigate the brutal assault by correctional officers on Nomthandazo Maseko, a reporter for the privately owned news website Swati Newsweek.
It also urged authorities to hold those responsible to account.
Maseko was assaulted after livestreaming a protest on Swati Newsweek’s Facebook page by members of the Swaziland Liberation Movement (SWALIMO) activist group.
The incident occurred outside the local prison where two pro-democracy members of parliament have been detained since their arrest on July 25, 2021.
Maseko had worked for Swati Newsweek for less than a month and her only other coverage was a livestream when she covered a student protest on February 3.
From Durban, South Africa, we were joined by Sydney Maseko, a Human Rights Activist, to discuss the latest development.
