RISCH, COONS, BOOKER, SCOTT APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ESWATINI'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:

U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today applauded the Senate's unanimous passage of their resolution that condemns the human rights record of the government of Eswatini and the killing of Eswatini human rights activist Thulani Maseko.

"I am pleased the Senate passed my resolution with Senator Coons condemning Eswatini's human rights record and Thulani Maseko's murder," said Risch. "The Eswatini government should heed the Senate's call to fully probe Maseko's murder, uphold human rights, and conduct meaningfu...