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PIGG’S PEAK – The American University’s Washington College of Law, will on Thursday hold a memorial and then a conference by an expert panel in honour of assassinated Human Rights Lawyer Thulani Maseko.

The conference, themed ‘5emembering Thulani 0aseko, +is /egacy and the 3ath $head for Eswatini’, apart from honouring the life of 0aseko, will see discussions on a path to be followed ahead by 0aseko’s alma mater, in dealing with Eswatini.

The expert panel will feature former 8nited States of $merica 8S $mbassador to Eswatini 0akila James, who is the senior advisor of 8S ,nstitute of 3eace, 3rofessor of /aw at the $merican 8niversity 5obert *oldman and Eswatini +uman 5ights $ctivist 9elephi 0amba.

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³2ur - $merican 8niversity’s :ashington &ollege of /aw $8:&/ +umphrey )ellow Thulani 0aseko, a +uman rights /awyer from Eswatini formerly Swa]iland was assassinated on January , . Thulani was a leader, a visionary and a human rights activist. 2ur hearts ache for his family and children. Join us on )ebruary , to honour Thulani’s life and celebrate sacrifice, courage and brilliance. This is not an event , had hoped to organise or participate in, but we gather next week to celebrate the life of our friend Thulani 0aseko. 3lease join us at #$merican8 on Thursday at pm to celebrate his impact and discuss the path ahead,´ said event organiser Jeffrey Smith.

2n their Twitter page, $merican %ar $ssociation $%$ +uman 5ights indicated that they were co-sponsoring the event remembering Thulani 0aseko +is /egacy and the path ahead for Eswatini at $merican 8niversity’s