Amnesty International called on Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of two former members of parliament in the southern African nation of Eswatini, Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza.

Amnesty urges Eswatini to free MP Bacede Mabuza and overturn convictions of both him and conditionally pardoned MP Mthandeni Dube.

Responding to the news of the conditional royal pardon granted on 5 November 2025 to former member of parliament, Mthandeni Dube, resulting in his supervised release, Amnesty International’s Deputy ...

Amnesty International expressed concern on Monday that the continued delay in the appeal hearing of an opposition member of Eswatini’s Parliament, Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza, threatens access to justice.

MATSAPHA – Former Ngwempisi Member of Parliament (MP) Mthandeni Dube has been conditionally released, along with 11 other inmates, under a strict set of 11 conditions.

Four years after their arrest for peacefully advocating for political reform, two members of the Eswatini Parliament, Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube, have been declared “prisoners of conscience” by ...

A prominent former opposition Eswatini lawmaker was freed onTuesday after being pardoned following more than four years in prison over 2021 pro-democracy ...

Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association, and political participation, Amnesty International today designated Eswatini ...

Eswatini, one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in the world, held its parliamentary elections Friday. Political parties are banned in Eswatini, and elected officials only serve in advisory ...