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Dec
COVID-19 and Africa Symposium: The COVID-19 Pandemic–A Dark Cover for Cracking Down on Free Expression in Eswatini and Zimbabwe
[Justice Alfred Mavedzenge is a constitutional law academic and a legal adviser at the International Commission of Jurists, Africa Regional Programme.] Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, Zimbabwe and Eswatini had a well-established record of cracking down on freedom of expression. In both countries, criticising State authorities has in the past frequently earned human rights defenders a lengthy jail term, and at times even brutal...