Zimbabwean activist and journalist charged after calling for anti-graft march
Prosecutors accuse Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume of using their Twitter accounts to encourage citizens to march against state corruption
22 July 2020 - 17:41
Harare — A Zimbabwean rights activist and a journalist were charged in court on Wednesday with promoting public violence ahead of planned antigovernment protests next week and will be kept in jail until a bail ruling on Thursday.
Jacob Ngarivhume, an activist and opposition politician behind the planned July 31 demonstrations, and freelance journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono were arrested at their homes on Monday...
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