Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday 17 January 2019 charged His Generation Church leader and pro-democracy campaigner Pastor Evan Mawarire with subverting a constitutional government following anti-government protests staged to show dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mismanagement of the economy.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers had on Wednesday 16 January 2019 charged Pastor Mawarire with incitement to commit public violence as defined in section 187(1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act after the law enforcement agents arrested him at his Harare residence.
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