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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Lesotho activist arrested after video on unemployment rates angers prime minister

Tsolo Thakeli speaking into a microphone on a stage.
Tšolo Thakeli, whose video post highlighted that there was no provision in February’s budget for the jobs promised by the prime minister. Photograph: Courtesy of Public Eye Online

It took a single video complaining about Lesotho’s unemployment rate to turn Tšolo Thakeli into the prime minister’s enemy. Within a day of posting there were armed police at his door.

It was Father’s Day, and the 31-year-old father of two was in his pyjamas when they arrived. He had no idea his post would land him in trouble; after all, he had campaigned for a long time, under different governments, for action on jobs for young people.

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