Starting as a peaceful protest on 20 June, they escalated after 25 June into violence and looting over the weekend when the government took a hardline stance against the demonstrations and prohibited the delivery of petitions. Lower-level unrest and protests continued until summer 2023.

2021年11月16日 · What began as a call for an end to police brutality has now turned into a full-fledged call for democratic reform resulting in unrest and waves of peaceful demonstrations met with excessive use of force by state security forces.

2021年7月6日 · Since May, protests have rocked the small landlocked southern Africa kingdom of eSwatini. Demonstrators are demanding democratic reforms and accuse King Mswati III, who has ruled the tiny mountain...

2021年6月29日 · Campaigners say the king has consistently evaded calls for meaningful reforms that would nudge eSwatini, which changed its name from Swaziland in 2018, in the direction of democracy.

2021年7月2日 · At least 20 people are confirmed to have been killed by state security forces so far, and six others who participated in the protests are unaccounted for. At least 150 protesters have been hospitalized for injuries, including gunshot wounds sustained from live ammunition fired by the police.

2021年6月30日 · Pro-democracy activists in Eswatini said on Wednesday several people were killed and injured in overnight clashes with police, the latest bout of unrest in days of protests rocking Africa's last absolute monarchy.

2021年10月14日 · Pro-democracy protests have flared up in Eswatini, months after authorities loyal to the southern African country's absolute monarch quashed an earlier round of demonstrations using tear gas and...

Demonstrations, which had been relatively low key for weeks, escalated on Monday in the tiny and usually stable landlocked kingdom previously known as Swaziland. Protesters took to the streets in...

Following the series of protests that began in June 2021, authorities continued to use excessive force and the threat of violence against activists and critics, some of whom were assaulted and...

2021年7月1日 · Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, has been ruled by King Mswati III since 1986. The country has been rocked by five days of violent protests triggered by the king’s decree banning...