About 500 Danish people honour Mario

About 500 Danish people honour Mario
By MANQOBA NXUMALO
Swazi Times June 09,2009

MBABANE- Close to 500 people attended a launch of a Swaziland Democracy Watch at the May Beats festival in the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen.

The event was in honour of Mario Masuku who is leader of the banned People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) an organisation banned in Swaziland.

The Swaziland Democracy Watch held a photo exhibition about the ‘strong and fighting Swazi people’ and the ‘freedom fighter Mario Masuku’ at a big festival held Denmark last weekend. According to information sourced from Nanna B. Olesen on behalf of the organisation, the attending guests were exposed to the exhibition and informed about Mario Masuku and his imprisonment.

Later on, many of the guests wrote greetings to support Mario Masuku. “It was a very successful presentation”, explained Marie Hvelplund, a member of Swaziland Democracy Watch.

Swaziland Democracy Watch says it will, in the near future, send these greetings to Mario Masuku while he is inside jail.

“A lot of people said to me before they came to this festival, they didn’t know anything about Swaziland,” said Anne Bech, a member of Swaziland Democracy Watch.

Swaziland Democracy Watch is a newly founded solidarity group that fights for democracy in Swaziland.