Eswatini pro-democracy MPs sentenced to long jail terms for murder, 'terrorism'

Eswatini pro-democracy MPs sentenced to long jail terms for murder, 'terrorism'

Eswatini MPs Mthandeni Dube and Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza have been handed long jail terms for murder and terrorism.Their remorse earned them lesser sentences, the court said.

A judge at the High Court in the capital Mbabane sentenced Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza to 25 years and Mthandeni Dube to 18 years in jail. They had advocated for reforms to a complex system of non-party elections that effectively ensures King Mswati III faces no meaningful dissent.

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