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Zimbabwe high court frees journalist and protest organiser on bail

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The two were arrested in July and charged with inciting public violence for allegedly calling for the removal of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government

Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono arrives at court in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 7 2020. Picture: REUTERS/PHILIMON BULAWAYOHarare — Prominent Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was on Wednesday afternoon granted bail by the high court in Harare after spending 43 days in incarceration at the country’s maximum security prison.

A frail looking Chin'ono appeared before Chitapi and his lawyers, provided by human rights organisation Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights , who complained about his treatment in the maximum security prison cells. Earlier on Wednesday, the same court granted bail to an opposition politician detained after calling for anti-government protests in July over corruption and the worst economic crisis in more than a decade.

 

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