Two thirds of the people in Swaziland continue to
live below the poverty line, Amnesty
International has reported.
The Afrobarometer
research network reported that around half the population
said they often went without food and water, and over a third said that medical
care was inadequate, Amnesty said in its annual report on human rights in
Swaziland.
In Swaziland, nearly seven in 10 of the kingdom’s 1.3
million people have incomes of less than $US2 a day. Meanwhile, King Mswati
III, who rules Swaziland as sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch lives a
lavish lifestyle, with at least 13 palaces, fleets of top-of-the-range Mercedes
Benz and BMW cars and at least one Rolls Royce. He has a private jet airplane
and is soon
to get a second.
Amnesty reported that Swaziland’s human rights record was examined under the UN Universal Periodic Review process and a number of concerns were raised.
Amnesty reported that Swaziland’s human rights record was examined under the UN Universal Periodic Review process and a number of concerns were raised.
‘They included the need to address barriers in access
to primary education; the reintegration of girls into the education system
after giving birth; non-discriminatory access to health and education services
irrespective of perceived or actual sexual
orientation or gender identity; and the need for
measures to be taken to combat and eradicate forced labour.’
See also
NO
AMNESTY IN ‘TERROR’ CASES
SWAZI
LGBTI PEOPLE LIVE IN FEAR
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