Journalism students at the University of Maryland
in the United States are planning
to publicize the jailing of Swaziland journalist Bheki
Makhubu by launching a line of bracelets baring his name.
By selling the bracelets they hope to raise money
for the Committee to Protect Journalists
(CPJ), a media freedom group.
Makhubu, the editor of the Nation magazine in Swaziland, is serving a two year jail sentence for
contempt of court with fellow writer and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko.
The pair were convicted after they wrote and published articles critical of the
Swazi judiciary.
The imprisonment caused an international outcry
and earlier in March 2015 Maseko was put in solitary
confinement in prison after a letter
he wrote from his jail cell thanking supporters was published on the
Internet.
The students hope to produce 10,000 bracelets in
a project called Press Uncuffed. Makhubu is one of nine imprisoned journalists
from across the world whose name will appear on the bracelets.
See also
JAILED
WRITER IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
SUPPORT
FOR JAILED SWAZI JOURNALISTS
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