Anti-Mugabe Protests Leader Returns, Arrested at Airport

The pastor who fled to the United States after launching the popular #ThisFlag protest movement has been charged with subverting a constitutionally elected government, which carries up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

  • Zimbabwe:   Mawarire Faces 'Flag Insult' Charges

    Zimbabwe Independent, 3 February 2017

    SOCIAL movement activist and cleric Evan Mawarire, who was arrested on Wednesday by security agents immediately upon arrival at the Harare International Airport after six months in… Read more »

Pastor Evan Mawarire Founder of #ThisFlag Movement (file photo).

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