Sept24 Sd2006

Swaziland Solidarity Network Canada began its website in January of this year. To date, almost 1000 articles and documents have been submitted and readership is growing. A note of gratitude must go to Domza of Johannesburg for his encouragement and patience as this project began to germinate. To review our growth see:

http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcanada.wikispaces.com/space/stats
(Click CSV to read numbers rather than graphs.)

For Canadians wanting to support democracy in Swaziland, the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO) has provided a foundation of details. PUDEMO members have written documents which enable the international community to understand the situation in Swaziland. In their struggle for democracy, PUDEMO realized internal change can be influenced by external factors and it become part of their comprehensive strategy to inform world organizations of their plight.

The attachment below is a result of the unwavering diligence of Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) of South Africa. By informing world organizations none can then plead ignorance. Communication from an individual or an organized collective can lead to an informed international community. The letter sent by SSN to the Commonwealth Human Rights Network immediately pushed Swaziland onto the agenda. Others may contribute in keeping it there.

Addresses can be found at http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcanada.wikispaces.com/Write+Letters or
http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcanada.wikispaces.com/Send+E-mail

To follow current events in Swaziland see

http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcanada.wikispaces.com/

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Below are e-mail communications between CHRN and SSN.

-----Original Message-----
From: Commonwealth Human Rights Network
[mailto:chrn@humanrightsinitiative.org]
Sent: 15 March 2006 08:22 AM
Subject: Reaction to the last email about Swaziland


Dear Mr. Masuku,

I am sure you will be interested to note that other organisations have read with concern our last email concerning the situation in Swaziland and have decided to take action as you can see from the email below which I am sending you. Also attached is the letter which has been sent to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth.

yours sincerely,

Commonwealth Human Rights Network Secretariat


-----Original Message-----
From: Fakun, Prem [mailto:prem.fakun@icftu.org]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:38 PM
To: Canon Samual D John; Mr Davidson A. Kuyateh (Sierra Leone); Mr Jese
Sikivou (Fiji); Mr John Foster (Canada); Mr John Samuel; Mr John Samuel
(Thailand); Mr Warren Nyamugasira (Uganda); Mrs Bernice Sam (Ghana); Ms
Fatma Alloo (Tanzania); Ms Jo Howse (New Zealand); Ms Joan-Grant-Cummings (Jamaica); Ms Nelcia Robinson (T & T); Ms Nkoyo Toyo (Nigeria); Ms Rae Julian (New Zealand); Prof. Tim Shaw (UK); Cncil for Ed in the Commonwealth; ComHabitat - UK; Comm H Rhts Initiative; Comm Human Ecology Cncil - int; Comm Nurses Fed - UK; Comm Policy Studies Unit; Comm Youth Exchange Council; Int Inst of Ageing - UN; John Wood; Nrth South Institute - Canada; Royal Comm Society - UK; ACTU Australia; ACTU Australia; ACTU Int Officer; Annie Watson; Antigua; Antigua Trades and Labour Union (ATG); Bangladesh BJSD Zafrul Hasan GenSec; Barbados; Barbados - Joseph Goddard NUPW; Belize Nat TU Congress; Bermuda BTUC; Bermuda Industrial Union; Cameroon Conf of T Unions; Canada CLC; Cananda CLC; CLC Canada; Cooks Islands Workers Assc; Cyprus Workers' Confederation SEK; Dominica T Union; Dominica Waterfront & Allied W Union; Fiji TUC; Ghana - Samuel Kumitse ; Ghana TUC; Grenada TUC; Guyana TUC; HMS India; India INTUC Secretary; INTUC India; Jamaica CTU; Kenya COTU; Lesotho LECODU; Malawi Congress TU; Malaysia CUEPACS Ah Shah GenSec; Malaysia TUC; Malaysia TUC S SAHIR Pdt; Malta CMTU ; Malta GWU; Malta GWU Int Officer; Mauritius Fed of prog Unions; Mauritius MLC; Mauritius NTUC C/O FCSOU; Mauritius TUC; Mozambique OTM; N Zealand - Ross Wilson; N Zealand CTU; N Zealand CTU; Namibia NUNW; Nigeria NLC; Nigeria NLC GenSec; Nigeria NLC Int Sec; Nigeria NLC Pdt; ORGS AFRO; ORGS APRO; ORGS ILO; ORGS OATUU; ORGS PSI; ORGS SATUCC; Pakistan - Khurshid Ahmed; Pakistan - Muhammad Ahmed ; Pakistan - Muhammad Zahoor Ahwan; Papua N Guinea TUC; Samoa TUC; Seychelles SFWU; Sierra leone SLLC; Singapore NTUC Frederick Ho; Singapore SNTUC; South Africa; South Africa; South Africa; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka CFTU; Sri Lanka CWC; St Kits; St Lucia; St Vincent; swaziland SFTU;
Tanzania TUCTA; Tanzania ZATUC; Tonga Teachers; Trinidad & T; Trinidad &
T; Uganda; UK Int; UK TUC; UK TUC Int; UK TUC Int; Zambia - S Tembo;
Zambia ZCTU; Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe ZCTU; Zimbabwe ZCTU Pdt
Cc: Clare Doube; TUC-GBR - Tudor, Owen; TUC-GBR - Kothalawala, B.; SFTU
(SWZ); jsithole@yahoo.com; ICFTU-AFRO (KEN); Kuczkiewicz, Janek; Ryder,
Guy
Subject: FW: CHRN: Outrage by Organisations in Swaziland over new
Constitution


Dear Friends,

We would like to bring to your kind attention and for follow-up action as
well concerning the situation in Swaziland.

On this auspicious occasion of the Commonwealth Day, the ICFTU has had to
appeal to the Commonwealth Secretary General to support an ever growing call
for democratic changes in the country. Please see copy of the ICFTU letter
attached herewith. The CHRN statement below throws further light into the
need for the Commonwealth Secretariat to review its stand on Swaziland in
order to live up to the Commonwealth values.

It would be appreciated if your organisation can also send appeals to the
Commonwealth Secretary-General through fax no. 00 44 20 7930 0827 or email
info@commonwealth.int.

__________________________________________
Prem Fakun
Contact Person
Commonwealth Trade Union Group - CTUG
c/o ICFTU
Boulevard du Roi ALbert II no: 5 Bte 1
B - 1210 Bruxelles
Tel. ++32 (0) 2224 0211 Direct: ++32 (0) 22240223
Fax: ++32 (0) 2201 5815 - 2203 0756
http://www.icftu.org