Maimane to Mnangagwa: Respect Zimbabwean citizens’ rights to protest | Citypress

  • 📰 City_Press
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 27 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 72%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane has asked Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to release investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and to respect the rights of citizens to protest

Chin’ono was arrested at his home more than two weeks ago for allegedly inciting public violence. His arrest came after he exposed alleged government corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 coronavirus supplies.

Maimane said as the leader in the Southern African Development Community, South Africa could not turn a blind eye on what is happening in the neighbouring country, adding that quiet diplomacy allowed injustices to continue unabated. In his statement, Maimane said South Africa had failed Zimbabwe when it “watched former president Robert Mugabe stay in power after he lost an election”.

The African Transformation Movement agreed with Maimane. The party has also been calling for action against the Zimbabwean government.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 7. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

’The Zimbabwean regime is hell-bent on subverting our civil liberties’The civil rights movement said that it will be leading protests at the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria to highlight what it termed a disappearance of democratic space in South Africa’s neighbour.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Zimbabwean crackdown: what you need to know about the protests, arrests and global outrageA tweet by a government official, Nick Mangwana, further angered many after he said no-one is above the law in Zimbabwe
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »