ZLHR: High Court ends two months detention of Mamombe and Chimbiri
High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Wednesday 5 May 2021 ended the two-month detention of Harare West constituency legislator Joana Mamombe and opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leader Cecilia Chimbiri by granting them RTGS$20 000 bail. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human…
Continued attack on journalists is unacceptable
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe chapter has recorded at least 30 media violations committed against journalists by State authorities since the beginning of the COVID-19 regulations in March.
State of siege: Zim puts the boot in journalism, freedom of speech
VIOLENT attacks on journalists, student leaders and other voices happening in full view of the police paint a worrying image of the country’s ever-declining humanitarian situation.
Zim divisions deepen as activists decry ‘rampant abuses’
Facing high triple-digit inflation, a currency capitulation and corruption allegations, Zimbabwe has become fertile ground for civil unrest.
Chin’ono surviving on biscuits and water
Incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is surviving only on biscuits and water amid claims prison officials were denying him access to food brought in by his relatives. This was revealed in court on Wednesday by his lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa. The journalist…
Gakanje accuses Western embassies of funding anti-govt protests
Zimbabwe Citizen Forum Leader Alex Gakanje has accused Western embassies of causing instability in the country by funding regime change demonstrations against the government of Zimbabwe.
#Breaking: Hopewell Chin’ono arrested
Award winning journalist and activist Hopewell Chin’ono has been arrested by eight security agents at his home in Harare , SentinelZim has learnt.