On December 22, 2023, detainees at Maseru Correctional Institution (MCCI) in Lesotho experienced torture and other forms of mistreatment at the hands of
ARMY commander Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela has demanded an explanation from the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) boss over why detained soldiers were assaulted in custody last week. Speaking at the end of the year parade at the Makoanyane Barracks last weekend, Lt Gen Letsoela said he was not happy that the prison warders had beat […]
SEVENTEEN inmates who were among the dozens assaulted by warders at the Maseru Central Correctional facility are demanding compensation from the government. The inmates, 13 of whom are soldiers, wrote a letter of demand to Justice Minister Richard Ramoeletsi and Correctional Commissioner Mating Nkakala last week. The letter does not specify how much they want […]
Mohalenyane Phakela THE late senior soldiers, Colonel Tefo Hashatsi and Brigadier Bulane Sechele, have been posthumously implicated in the execution of the 30 August 2014 attempted coup against the first government of former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. They were implicated by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)’s Lance Corporal Mokete Halahala. Lance Corporal Halahala was testifying […]