{"id":67001,"date":"2022-10-01T18:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-baroness-says-zimbabwes-2023-elections-wont-be-free-and-fair"},"modified":"2022-10-01T20:59:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T18:59:01","slug":"british-baroness-says-zimbabwes-2023-elections-wont-be-free-and-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/british-baroness-says-zimbabwes-2023-elections-wont-be-free-and-fair","title":{"rendered":"British Baroness Says Zimbabwe\u2019s 2023 Elections Won\u2019t Be Free And Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>British Peer Baroness, Kate Hoey has expressed doubt over the credibility, freeness and fairness of Zimbabwe\u2019s upcoming 2023 general elections in the wake of a clampdown on dissent.<\/p>\n

She was responding to a court outcome in which award-winning Zimbabwean author and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga and her friend Julie Gabriel Barnes were found guilty of inciting violence in 2020. Hoey posted on Twitter:<\/p>\n

Any pretence that Zimbabwe is a country where the upcoming elections could possibly be free and fair has vanished.<\/p>\n

Dangarembga and Barnes were arrested in 2020 for holding a silent protest which saw them march along Borrowdale Road in Harare holding placards, calling for political reforms and the release of two government critics.<\/p>\n

Following their conviction Dangarembga and Barnes issued a joint statement saying the State was trying to silence and intimidate its critics. They said:<\/p>\n

Our hearts are heavy at this outcome, because this conviction could set the precedent that a Zimbabwean \u2014indeed a person in Zimbabwe \u2014 is not free to walk down a road with another citizen displaying peaceful messages that convey their opinions on issues that affect them as people living in this country.<\/p>\n

We must no longer joke that there is freedom of expression in Zimbabwe, but no freedom after expression. We must take this conviction as a warning sign that our freedom to peacefully express what we want as Zimbabweans in public discourse is being stripped away from us.<\/p>\n

Dangarembga and Barnes have expressed intentions to appeal against the conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe goes to the polls next year amid an escalation of intraparty and interparty violence.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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