Zimbabwe: Pressure Mounts On Zimbabwe to Release Investigative Journalist

Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who exposed a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal, has been charged with inciting protest. Rights groups say COVID-19 is a convenient excuse for Zimbabwe to further crackdown on dissent.

Zimbabwe authorities have arraigned before the court prominent investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono as well as Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of the political group Transformation Zimbabwe.

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