Zimbabwe: Over 1,600 Zimbabwe Prisoners Freed

Up to 1 680 prisoners were this Wednesday freed from the country's overcrowded jails in line with a government declared amnesty on some 6 000 inmates.

The release comes as prison authorities had launched an appeal with government to expedite the process as Zimbabwean jails were at a higher risk of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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