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Zimbabwe: 263chat Reporter Pleads Not Guilty
263Chat, 11 July 2020
Two journalists including 263Chat reporter Samuel Takawira on Thursday 9 July 2020 pleaded not guilty when their trial on charges of failing to comply with instructions issued by… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: '31 July the Last Straw for Mnangagwa'
263Chat, 10 July 2020
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDCA) is pinning its hope on the scheduled 31 July demonstration that President Emerson Mnangagwa will be ousted from office. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Commemorates Torture Victims Day Under a Dark Cloud
263Chat, 26 June 2020
Zimbabwe today joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture under the theme 'The World Stopped! Torture Didn't!' but with a… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Judge Reserves Ruling in Mamombe, Activists' Freedom Bid
New Zimbabwe, 23 June 2020
High Court judge, David Foroma has reserved his judgement on bail appeal by three MDC Alliance activists, Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova. Read more »
Zimbabwean Named Among World's Most Impactful Young Politicians
Joanna Mamombe has been named among the winners of the third annual One Young World Politician of the Year Award, which recognises five of the world's most outstanding politicians, who are using their positions to have a positive impact on young people in their communities and countries. Mamombe was the subject of numerous police investigations, described by Amnesty International as "persecution through prosecution". In May 2020, she was detained and charged with allegedly falsifying reports of being abducted and tortured.
InFocus
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Planned anti-government protests on July 31 are reported to have spread panic in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, which is contemplating re-introducing a tough COVID-19 ... Read more »
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This comes after Obadiah Moyo was arrested in June 2020 and accused of abuse of office after he allegedly corruptly issued U.S.$60 million in tenders to supply COVID-19 test kits ... Read more »
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United Nations human rights experts have called on the government to end what they called "a pattern of disappearances and torture aimed at suppressing dissent". In a hard-hitting ... Read more »
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First, it was the alleged abduction and torture of three opposition activists by suspected state security agents, followed by the arrest of private media journalists Frank ... Read more »
