South African apartheid human rights lawyer, Advocate George Bizo, s has urged human rights defenders in Swaziland not to resort to violence in seeking transformation. Bizos was part of delegates who attended the welcoming ceremony of two Swazi human rights activists hosted by South Africa's Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria recently. Human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and co-activist, Bheki Makhubu were released from prison after serving time for being vocal about human rights violations by the Swazi monarch and his government. Their predicament is not an isloated case, as there are human right activists in several African countries who are also being attacked and silenced. To look at the situation more closely we spoke to one fo the Swazi activists - Thulani Maseko; Dewa Mavhinga - Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch , and Sipho Gumede, former Secratary General of Lawyers for Human Rights in Swaziland: They were speaking to Benjamin Moshatama.