‘NATION’ EDITOR LODGES SENTENCE APPEAL

Bheki Makhubu and the Nation magazine have formally noted an appeal against a E200,000 fine (and possible two year jail sentence) after conviction by the Swaziland High Court for ‘scandalising’ the court.

Makhubu had said he could not afford to pay the fine by the deadline today (23 April 2013), which meant he would immediately be jailed for two years.

The Times of Swaziland newspaper reported that this note of appeal to the Supreme Court means that Makhubu will not be jailed today.

It reported, ‘An appeal, in terms of the rules, stays execution of an order of a subordinate court. The appeal was served to the Director of Public Prosecutions Nkosinathi Maseko at close of business yesterday.’

See also

EDITOR NOW HOURS AWAY FROM JAIL

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editor-now-hours-away-from-jail.html

GROWING SUPPORT FOR ‘NATION’ EDITOR

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/growing-support-for-nation-editor.html

EDITOR FINE ‘MEANT TO SILENCE PEOPLE’

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editor-fine-meant-to-silence-people.html

EDITOR: ‘SUN SETS ON MEDIA FREEDOM’

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editor-sun-sets-on-media-freedom.html

FUND SET UP IN BID TO PAY EDITOR’S FINE

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/fund-set-up-in-bid-to-pay-editors-fine.html

NOT FIRST ATTACK ON ‘NATION’ EDITOR

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/not-first-attack-on-nation-editor_20.html

EDITOR’S SENTENCE ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editors-sentence-violates-constitution.html

EDITOR FACING JAIL TO APPEAL SENTENCE

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editor-facing-jail-to-appeal-sentence.html

VOICES SUPPORTING BELEAGUERED EDITOR

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/voices-supporting-beleaguered-editor.html

A TALE OF TWO SWAZI EDITORS

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-tale-of-two-swazi-editors.html

PUDEMO CONDEMNS EDITOR’S CONVICTION

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/pudemo-condemns-editors-conviction.html

ARTICLES THAT MIGHT GET EDITOR JAILED

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/articles-that-might-get-editor-jailed.html

SOUTH AFRICA EDITORS BACK MAKHUBU

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/south-africa-editors-back-makhubu.html

HIGH COURT SUPPRESSES MEDIA FREEDOM

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/high-court-suppresses-media-freedom.html

MISA: EDITOR’S CONVICTION ‘BRUTAL’

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/misa-editors-conviction-brutal.html

EDITOR’S CONTEMPT SENTENCE ‘SHOCKING’

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editors-contempt-sentence-shocking.html

EDITOR SET FOR TWO YEARS IN JAIL

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/editor-set-for-two-years-in-jail.html

‘OBSERVER’ BLANK PAGE COMMENT PUZZLES

http://swazimedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/observer-blank-page-comment-puzzles.html