Investigative journalist Bheki Makhubu

Veteran independent journalist Bheki Makhubu spent over fifteen months in a high security prison in Swaziland for exposing a judicial system that is deeply corrupt - the latest in a string of trials he has endured over the past two decades.

‎ IFEX‎27 January 2016

Swazi editor and human rights lawyer released after 15 months in prison

Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko were acquitted by the Supreme Court on 30 June 2015. The editor and human rights lawyer had been charged with contempt of court in 2014 for writing articles criticising the Swazi judiciary.

‎ Media Institute of Southern Africa ‎ 2 July 2015

Tell Swaziland's king that journalist Bheki Makhubu doesn't belong behind bars

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An article landed Bheki Makhubu in jail in April 2014. Join CPJ and their #PressUncuffed campaign by asking for Makhubu’s release.

‎ ‎22 April 2015