Three members of the pro-democracy group SWAYOCO charged
with sedition for carrying a banner at an election rally in Swaziland say they
have been beaten up while in prison awaiting trial. They say warders beat them
at the Sidvwashini Correctional Facility. They told magistrates they now feared
for their safety.
The accused, described in local media as members of the
Swaziland Youth Congress, one of a number of pro-democracy groups banned in
Swaziland, appeared before Magistrate Ndumiso Shongwe last week and claimed to be beaten
and subjected to harsh treatment and were denied medical treatment.
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