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ACADEMICS in Lesotho condemned the repression of opposition figures yesterday, as judges and lawyers paid tribute to murdered General Maaparankoe Mahao.
A statement by the National University of Lesotho (NUL) academic community called on the coalition government led by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LDC) to bring the killers of Gen Mahao and businessman Thabsio Tsosane to justice.
NUL law graduate and Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) commander Gen Mahao, a supporter of former Prime Minster Tom Thabane and his All Basotho Convention (ABC), was assassinated by soldiers outside his home on June 25.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan
