{"id":16255,"date":"2022-11-15T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pudemo-youth-league-members-abducted-by-mswatis-soldierstortured"},"modified":"2022-11-15T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:10:57","slug":"pudemo-youth-league-members-abducted-by-mswatis-soldierstortured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/pudemo-youth-league-members-abducted-by-mswatis-soldierstortured","title":{"rendered":"PUDEMO Youth League members abducted by Mswati\u2019s soldiers,tortured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Three(3) members of the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO) Youth League were abducted by Mswati\u2019s soldiers at Ludzeludze and detained at Zombodze Army Barracks where they are being tortured.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The three(3) members of the Swaziland Youth Congress(SWAYOCO) are Sanele Sithole, Mphendulo Sithole and another PUDEMO member identified as comrade Sider.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comments, SWAYOCO President Sakhile \u2018Awviva\u2019 Nxumalo confirmed the abduction of the PUDEMO Youth League members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true, they were abducted at Ludzeludze in the morning, we are trying to organize cars to visit the barracks and rescue them,\u201dsaid the SWAYOCO President.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo, the Army Spokesperson had not responded at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n<p>It has been disclosed that the PUDEMO members were detained and tortured at Emtilane(Zombodze) Army Barracks.<\/p>\n<p>King Mswati allegedly unleashed his soldiers on Tuesday to shoot unarmed civilians, merely for demanding democracy and the release of incarcerated pro-democracy Members of Parliament(MPs) Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Three(3) members of the People\u2019s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO) Youth League were abducted by Mswati\u2019s soldiers at Ludzeludze and detained at Zombodze Army Barracks where they are being tortured. The three(3) members of the Swaziland Youth Congress(SWAYOCO) are Sanele Sithole, Mphendulo Sithole and another PUDEMO member identified as comrade Sider. 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