Swaziland: Fears for safety / ill-treatment: Musa Dlamini, Mario Masuku, Jan Sithole, and other trade union officials and political activists

Index Number: AFR 55/001/2000
Date Published: 15 November 2000
Categories: Africa, Swaziland

In the past few days a number of leading trade union officials and opposition leaders, including Musa Dlamini, trade union official, Mario Masuku, leading opposition politician, and Jan Sithole, leading trade unionist, have been arrested, detained and severely beaten as part of what appears to be a mounting campaign of harassment and intimidation against political opponents. Amnesty International is concerned for their safety and for that of other political activists in Swaziland.