Zimbabwean journalist Chin’ono released after three-week detention
Thursday January 28 2021
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin ono speaks to the press after his release on bail from Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare on September 2, 2020. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
He was arrested alongside mainstream opposition MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere and the party s vice chairman Sikhala over the same case.
The trio s arrest, however, has been described as unconstitutional by legal experts, who say the legal statute used by the police was struck down by the courts.
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A Zimbabwean High Court judge on Wednesday released prominent journalist Hopewell Chin ono on bail after he spent nearly three weeks in jail for allegedly communicating falsehoods.