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Hopewell denied bail amid protest case, government denies crisis

August 7, 2020
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Zimbabwe president promises elections by July and says will respect result

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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HARARE – Zimbabwe’s High Court on Thursday denied bail to a journalist who was arrested last month for supporting anti-government protests, in a case that has sparked an outcry over muzzling of the press.

Hopewell Chin’ono, a freelance journalist and critic of the government, was charged with inciting violence last month, together with opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume.

Security forces deployed last Friday to thwart protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government’s record on corruption and a worsening economic crisis.

South Africa said it was concerned by reports of rights violations in its neighbour and its international relations minister had spoken to Zimbabwean foreign minister about the issue.

Late on Thursday, the office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he had appointed two new special envoys to Zimbabwe — veteran politicians Sydney Mufamadi and Baleka Mbete — “following recent reports of difficulties that the Republic of Zimbabwe is experiencing”.

Zimbabwe’s government said allegations of human rights abuses were false and there was no crisis in Zimbabwe.

“Neither has there been any abduction or ‘war’ on citizens,” government spokesman Nick Mangwana said in a statement.

Judge Tawanda Chitapi upheld the ruling of a lower court that denied Chin’ono bail last month. The judge deferred politician Ngarivhume’s bail ruling to Friday.

Human rights lawyers say authorities have arrested dozens of activists over Friday’s protests and abducted and tortured others. The government denies this.

Several activists say they are in hiding from the police.

Award-winning novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga, who is free on bail after being arrested on Friday, said Zimbabweans were under a state “chokehold”.

Critics say Mnangagwa is using the cover of a COVID-19 lockdown to silence critics as anger grows over 737% inflation — which has brought back memories of hyperinflation under former President Robert Mugabe a decade ago — a collapsing health sector and shortage of public transport.

In a speech on Tuesday, Mnangagwa said the economy was under attack from local and foreign enemies.

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