Harassment of political prisoners

Communist Party of Swaziland
Campaigns office
4 may 2013
HARRASMENT AND ILL TREATMENT OF
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SWAZILAND
Comrades and friends,
It has come to our attention once
again that the political prisoners held
by the selfish tinkhundla
administration have been on several
occasions harassed and ill treated by
prison authorities verbally and
physically.
These report comes after visits to the
comrades held at SIdvwashini prison
in the capital city Mbabane, where
they complained of being insulted by
prison warders , and manhandled at
some point . The comrades have been
subjected to a pre-prison trial on the
cases that we believe are in the
courts , where political warders
accuse them of attempting on the life
of the king and destabilizing the
country, thus they have been denied
some rights ,such as medical
attention .
This act is common with the prison
warders and police in Swaziland
particularly when it comes to political
prisoners. We therefore feel the lives
of our comrades is in constant danger
while behind those walls of
repression
In the 2005/6 treason trial numerous
complains of harassment and ill-
treatment perpetuated by these
authorities emerged , in may 2010
comrade Sipho Jele died in prison
cells after being tortured and
neglected by the prison authorities ,
while in 2011 comrades Maxwell
Dlamini and Musa Ngubeni were
tortured by foreign agents inside
prison facilities , and many such
cases confirm that these prisons
under the mswati dictatorship have
not been converted to correctional
facilities but theaters of persecution
of political opponents of the
tinkhundla system of government.
We call upon the world, human rights
organizations, in particular the Red
Cross and Amnesty International to
act with speed in regards to the
matter. And also urge the support of
political formations and progressive
governments to condemn these acts ,
and cut all ties with the autocratic
tinkhundla administration
For further information contact
The head of Campaigns in the CPS
Goodwill du-Pont
Cell; +27794724508
Email: goodwilldpnt@gmail.com