No legal
representation for Swazi student leaders in court case
Siffkitten blog / Peter Kenworthy November 4, 2012
“Once again the student activists, Maxwell Dlamini and
Musa Ngubeni appeared before Magistrate Gumedze without any legal
representation,” Foundation for Socio-Economic Justice (FSEJ) wrote in a press
statement on Friday.
Maxwell Dlamini and Musa Ngubeni were both abducted and
tortured by Swazi security forces during the so-called April 12 Uprising in
April 2011, and were later charged with possession of explosives. They were
released on bail in February, amongst other things as a result of the
international Free Maxwell Dlamini campaign calling for his release.
“Without granting them a postponement to allow them time
get legal representation, Magistrate Gumedze opted to continue with the case by
calling the state witness to give evidence,” the FSEJ press statement
continued.
“He [Magistrate Gumedze] instructed the two to take notes
on behalf of their lawyer so they share them with him after the session. He
also mentioned that should their lawyer fail to appear on the 16th of November
2012, the two must be prepared to cross examine the state witness themselves.”
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