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King of Swaziland, King Mswati III arrives in South Africa in 2017
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The Communist Party of Swaziland has called for the establishment of a people’s defence militia to counter police brutality after a young man was shot dead in the street on Saturday.
The victim was shot four times in public view, including a bullet to the head, in the town of Nhlangano. Police claimed that he was dealing cannabis.
Armed police brutally attacked a protest in response to the killing, responding with tear gas.
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
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE