{"id":26480,"date":"2020-08-15T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T19:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26480"},"modified":"2020-08-15T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T19:36:28","slug":"zimbabweans-must-condemn-armed-riot-police-mdc-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabweans-must-condemn-armed-riot-police-mdc-a","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabweans must condemn armed riot police \u2013 MDC-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MDC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has urged Zimbabweans to condemn armed riot police who allegedly besieged incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono\u2019s lawyer\u2019s office Beatrice Mtetwa.<br \/>\n\u201cEvery progressive Zimbabwean must condemn the act of police circling the offices of Beatrice Mtetwa in an attempt to intimidate her because she\u2019s representing Hopewell.<\/p>\n<p>We object to a society where lawyer are persecuted for doing their job. #ZimbabweanLivesMatter,\u201d reads Mahere\u2019s tweet<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police in full riot gear yesterday besieged the offices of human rights lawyer and activist Mtetwa in Harare twice in a show of force, in what observers said was meant to intimidate the lawyers fighting the case of incarcerated journalist Chin\u2019ono<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has urged Zimbabweans to condemn armed riot police who allegedly besieged incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono\u2019s lawyer\u2019s office Beatrice Mtetwa. \u201cEvery progressive Zimbabwean must condemn the act of police circling the offices of Beatrice Mtetwa in an attempt to intimidate her because she\u2019s representing Hopewell. 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