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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ZRP Is reportedly charching Hopewell Chin\u2019ono using a law that in another case in 2014 was struck off from the statute by the Constitutional Court, Law fundi Alex Magaisa has said.<\/p>\n

Magaisa in a Twitter thread echoed what Chin\u2019ono said that his arrest is political persecution when he tweeted that:<\/p>\n

PoliceZimbabwe are charging journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono@daddyhope under a provision that was struck off from the statute by the Constitutional Court in 2014. In the Chimakure case, the court held that s. 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code was VOID.<\/p>\n

The regime will probably say it was declared void under the old Constitution. But this would be a silly argument. Once the provision was struck off, it no longer exists. The only way it would exist is if the legislature re-enacted it. None of that happened. There\u2019s NO offence!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s another demonstration of the fact that it\u2019s political persecution packaged as a prosecution. How do the police snd prosecutors bring a charge under a non-existent law? It\u2019s stupid, embarrassing and unprofessional but this is what happens in an authoritarian regime.<\/p>\n

Chin\u2019ono who was arrested for the third time in 6 months was picked up at his home yesterday and he was charged with tweeted false reports after he commented on a viral story of ZRP officers allegedly fatally striking a baby strapped on its mother\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

Source: Alex Magaisa Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. ZRP Is reportedly charching Hopewell Chin\u2019ono using a law that in another case in 2014 was struck off from the statute by the Constitutional Court, Law fundi Alex Magaisa has said. 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