Thulani Maseko

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Thulani Maseko Rudolf is a human right - lawyer from Swaziland and co-founder of the section of the Lawyers for Human Rights in Swaziland. In 2011 he received the Vera Chirwa Prize for his services to human rights.

Life

Thulano Maseko comes from Luhleko, a town near Bhunya in the Manzini region .

On March 18, 2014, Thulani was convicted and imprisoned along with journalist Bheki Makhubu for disregarding the court after criticizing the country's judicial system in newspaper articles.

In April 2014, the General Secretary of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) Mlungisi Makhanya was arrested for wearing a t-shirt that the party used to protest against the imprisonment of activists Maseko and Makhubu.

In August 2014, Maseko wrote to US President Barack Obama asking him to intervene before the United States – Africa Leaders Summit 2014. In March 2015, he was taken into solitary confinement.

Maseko was released from prison on July 30, 2015. He had been recognized by Amnesty International as a Prisoner of Conscience.

Thulani has been married to Tanele Maseko since 2008.

Works

  • The drafting of the Constitution of Swaziland, 2005.
  • Article in Nation Magazine :

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Top rights lawyer arrested. News24. 2009-06-24.
  2. ↑ amnesty.org.
  3. ↑ Caroline James: Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu Contempt of Court Case: Timeline of Proceedings. In: Southern Africa Litigation Center 2014-04-14.
  4. ↑ Thulani Maseko: Why We Are Jailed. ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Nation. 2014-10-19 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thenation.co.sz
  5. ^ Rex v Nation Magazine and Others. ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Swaziland Legal Information Institute 2014-10-19 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swazilii.org
  6. ↑ a b Thulani Maseko: Letter to Barack Obama from a Swaziland jail cell. In: The Guardian 2014-10-19
  7. ↑ Swaziland: Africa′s last absolute monarchy. German wave. 2014-07-14
  8. ↑ MISA condemns arrest of human rights lawyer. IFEX - Media Institute of Southern Africa 2009-06-10.
  9. ^ Frontlinedefenders.org .
  10. ↑ amnesty.org.
  11. ↑ amnesty.org .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Maseko, Thulani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maseko, Thulani Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swaziland lawyer, human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century