{"id":25553,"date":"2020-07-21T18:58:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T16:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=25553"},"modified":"2020-07-21T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T16:58:03","slug":"protests-ed-goes-after-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/protests-ed-goes-after-critics","title":{"rendered":"Protests: ED goes after critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE yesterday arrested opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono, accusing them of inciting violence in what observers said was a crackdown on critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of planned protests on July 31.<span id=\"more-3096224744053043\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both Ngarivhume and Chin\u2019ono were picked up in the morning and face charges of \u201cincitement to participate in public violence\u201d, police confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers broke into Chin\u2019ono\u2019s Chisipite house in Harare, threatened his workers and dragged him out, a video of the arrest which went viral on social media showed. Chin\u2019ono has gained a following by exposing graft in Mnangagwa\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, in a video shot at the house, said: \u201cWe have just arrived at Hopewell\u2019s house after receiving an SOS that his home has been surrounded by about eight State security agents and they broke the glass at his door, gained entry and he has been abducted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms that Jacob Ngarivhume of Transform Ziimbabwe and Hopewell Chin\u2019ono have been arrested in connection with allegations of contravening section 187(1)(a) as read with section 37(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23, \u2018incitement to participate in public violence\u2019,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duo will appear in court soon and are currently in police custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), who dispatched lawyers to aid Chin\u2019ono and Ngarivhume, also confirmed the arrests.<br \/>\n\u201cWe can confirm that Ngarivhume has been arrested and is being held at the law and order section. At the moment, they are still profiling him together with Chin\u2019ono, but charges are yet to be preferred against them. The lawyers, who are with them, are saying the police are talking about inciting the public against the government as the possible charge,\u201d ZLHR said.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests, which come amid reports that police were also after MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala and #Tajamuka\/Sesijikile leader Promise Mkhwananzi, triggered an outcry from non-governmental organisations and the United States embassy, who condemned the arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE yesterday arrested opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono, accusing them of inciting violence in what observers said was a crackdown on critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of planned protests on July 31. 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