Emaswati living in diaspora continues to seek for innovative ways of making the Eswatini government account for the people who died during the recent violent protests.

Recently, the Swazi Lives Matter Global Solidarity Movement wrote a letter to all embassies sitting in the ongoing United Nations General Assembly asking them to support the transition to democracy and hold the King and the government responsible for people who died during the recent violent riots.

In June, the Kingdom of Eswatini saw unrest that led to the death of more than 70 people after the government had unleashed the army to deal with unarmed citizens.

This is according to statistics that were released by pro-democracy movements in the country, which were, however, disputed by the Eswatini government saying it is only aware of only 35 people.

In the letter sent to the embassies, the Swazi Liver Matter Global Movement requested the embassies to make interventions by supporting the transitioning of power and condemning the violations of human rights in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

“We the people of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) respectfully request your assistance on a matter of urgency relating to ongoing state violence against unarmed civilians.

“We request that you make an intervention on our behalf at the 7th United Nations General Assembly by condemning gross human rights violation in eSwatini and calling upon UN community to support the transition to democracy,” read the letter which was signed by Nosimilo Vilakati, the Chairperson of the movement.

She added that her organization believed that the current in the country poses a clear and present rises to security stability in the country and the region at large.

The movement also requested the embassies to raise some issues at the General meeting on behalf of the Swazi Nation.

Among this issues was for the United Nation member states to consider providing humanitarian protection to Emaswati citizens fleeing from violence and persecution.

The movement also requested the embassies to call for the return of all political exile so that they can contribute to the peaceful transition to multi-party democracy.

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