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(Sept. 10) -- There's disturbing news out of Swaziland, where Prime Minster Barnabas Dlamini has said the government might use torture to crush pro-democracy dissenters. Specifically, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarchy is considering employing sipakatane, also called bastinado, which "involves using metal or wooden spikes to beat someone's bare feet repeatedly, leaving them bleeding and potentially unable to walk," reports the Guardian.
The government is particularly angered by the presence of South African trade unionists in this week's demonstrations. "Each person should mind the politics of his own country and not come here to meddle in our affairs, especially if that country has a lot of its own problems," Dlamini said.
Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III, who has 13 wives and leads a lavish lifestyle while most of his countrymen suffer in poverty and disease (the country has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world).
Read more at the Guardian.
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