The human rights situation is escalating and civil society is calling for international solidarity – ask your MP to support this EDM by Kim Johnson MP. Executive power remains concentrated in the hands of the monarch, and Eswatini continues to be governed under an authoritarian system that denies democratic participation, with all political parties banned. In 2023, civil society leader and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko was assassinated by masked gunmen in front of his family. The relationship between both countries now is premised on democratic freedoms, equality and human rights that we hold dear in the UK and widely held by all Commonwealth members. While the ruling monarch continues to fail in meeting the basic Commonwealth Charter values, the UK government must raise its concerns.