Swaziland prodemocracy campaigners are to picket the
Swazi High Commission in London on Saturday (19 May 2012) when King Mswati III
is due to hold a dinner.
The King is in London to attend a banquet as the guest of
Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebration.
The King, who is sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch,
is staying at the £400 a night Savoy hotel. He is reported to have taken an entourage
of 30 people with him to London.
His visit has been met with protests and media
organisations across the world have drawn attention to the fact that while the
King and his 13 wives live a lavish lifestyle, seven in ten of his 1.1 million
subjects live in abject poverty, earning less than US$2 a day.
According to Forbes, the King has a personal fortune estimated
at US$100 million. He also has control of a trust fund in Swaziland that is
estimated at US$10 billion.
Pickets organized by the Swaziland Vigil met the King
when he arrived at the Savoy on Wednesday. The Vigil is also organizing a
protest on Saturday 19 May at the Swazi High Commission, 20 Buckingham Gate,
London, from 6.30pm.
See also
KING MSWATI, LONDON PROTEST - PICTURES
1 comment:
The invitation of certain Monarchs such as the king of Bahrain and Swaziland to the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebration has been heavily critisized ,Uk media such as BBC,CHANNEL4,5,ITV,ALJAZEERA,SKY,GUARDIAN.ETC REPORTED...These Kings violate human rights on daily basis in their countries..
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