Morning Star.png Lesotho: Academics Slam Repression and Murder of Opposition James Tweedie, The Morning Star, London, 3 July 2015 Academics in Lesotho condemned the repression of opposition figures yesterday, as judges and lawyers paid tribute to murdered General Maaparankoe Mahao. A statement by the National University of Lesotho (NUL) academic community called on the coalition government led by the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LDC) to bring the killers of Gen Mahao and businessman Thabsio Tsosane to justice. NUL law graduate and Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) commander Gen Mahao, a supporter of former Prime Minster Tom Thabane and his All Basotho Convention (ABC), was assassinated by soldiers outside his home on June 25. The LDF, Lesotho Mounted Police Service and Lesotho Correctional Service are each divided into ABC and LDC factions. Ramaphosa visit Gen Mahao's killing prompted an urgent visit by South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the behest of the Southern African Development Community. The NUL academics accused the government of granting impunity to those guilty of torture and the maiming and murder of ABC loyalists and demanded that it restore the rule of law or resign. Mr Tsosane, another prominent ABC supporter, was shot in his car on May 9. Mr Ramaphosa flew home on Wednesday after securing the assistance of Namibian and Zimbabwean investigators to probe Gen Mahao's murder. He also met Gen Mahoa's widow at their homestead near the capital Maseru and spoke with Prime Minister Phakalitha Mosisili and various civil groups. Trade unions and civil society organisations will hold their own tribute to Gen Mahao next Thursday. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-19ea-Lesotho-Academics-slam-repression- and-murder-of-opposition#.VZYQJPmqqko -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
