Eugene Dube, the journalist critical of King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), who was beaten by police and is facing a treason charge hid in a forest for five days as he made his escape.
Dube who edits an online newspaper called Swati Newsweek wrote and published a number of articles critical of the king and calling for democracy.
Writing in his own newspaper on Friday (15 May 2020) Dube told of his escape from police and his flight for freedom.
'The Swaziland police turned my home into a war zone, fighting a journalist armed with only a pen.
Swazi police also charged Ncamiso Ngcamphalala, President of the Swaziland Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), with sedition for comments he made in an a article published by Swati Newsweek.
