They’re demanding that this punishment end for the man serving a two-year sentence for contempt of court.

Thulani Maseko was put into solitary confinement at Big Bend Prison in Swaziland on Thursday for having written a thank your letter to friends and colleagues.

Maseko was sentenced to two years imprisonment after The Nation newspaper published articles he penned raising concerns about judicial independence and integrity in Swaziland.

Civil society’s slammed his conviction and sentence saying it amounts to the persecution of activists voicing discontent with the judicial process.

The international community widely criticises the use of solitary confinement as a punitive measure.

The lawyers groups say Maseko’s behaviour doesn’t justify the imposition of solitary confinement.

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