A first-hand account of police brutality in Eswatini
The Take
English - August 16, 2021 08:30 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Eswatini security forces have killed 70 protesters and arrested more than 600 in the past few months, but it’s likely you’ve heard little to nothing about it. The internet in the small, Southern African country has been regularly shut down over the past few weeks, and journalists intimidated, arrested, and beaten. In this episode, we talk to one of them.
In this episode:
Cebelihle Mbuyisa (@CebelihleM), reporter at New Frame Vito Laterza (@vitolaterza09), associate professor of development studies at the University of AgderConnect with The Take:
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