Swaziland: Further information on fear for safety / legal concern / prisoners of conscience

Index Number: AFR 55/002/1997
Date Published: 10 February 1997
Categories: Africa, Swaziland

Simon Noge, Secretary of Human Rights Association of Swaziland (HUMARAS) and Chair of Swaziland Democratic Alliance (SDA); Jan Sithole, Secretary General of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU); Jabulani Nxumalo, SFTU Deputy Secretary General; Richard Nxumalo, SFTU President; Themba Msibi, SFTU Vice-President; and other SFTU officials and members: Simon Noge was released from police custody on 6 February without charge. Jan Sithole and his three colleagues remain in prison awaiting trial.