{"id":94589,"date":"2024-05-23T11:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T09:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:42:16","slug":"trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice","title":{"rendered":"Trade Unionist Obert Masaraure Convicted For Obstructing Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure has been convicted for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding the release of a trade union colleague, reported <b>ZimLive<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Masaraure, who is the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) president was on Wednesday found guilty of defeating or obstructing the course of justice or alternatively inciting public violence.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for the offence on July 8, 2022, after he posted on the social media platform, demanding the release of fellow activist Robson Chere.<\/p>\n<p>Chere had been arrested in connection with the mysterious death of ARTUZ member Roy Issa, who reportedly fell from the seventh floor of a Harare hotel.<\/p>\n<p>An inquest into the death of Issa ruled out foul play. However, the Police reopened the case and filed murder charges against Masaraure and Chere.<\/p>\n<p>The State proved that Masaraure wrote a statement published on X and the ARTUZ website, aimed at prejudicing his and Chere\u2019s pending trial while inciting teachers\u2019 union members and the public to commit violence.<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.<\/p>\n<p>Masaraure was remanded in custody and was scheduled for sentencing on Thursday morning (today) at the Harare Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure has been convicted for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding the release of a trade union colleague, reported ZimLive. Masaraure, who is the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ) president was on Wednesday found guilty of defeating or obstructing the course of justice or alternatively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,780,2282,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-94589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-artuz","12":"tag-obert-masaraure","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trade Unionist Obert Masaraure Convicted For Obstructing Justice - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure has been convicted for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trade Unionist Obert Masaraure Convicted For Obstructing Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prominent trade union leader, Obert Masaraure has been convicted for posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) demanding ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T09:27:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T12:42:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/sm_1716451691.727719.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trade-unionist-obert-masaraure-convicted-for-obstructing-justice\",\"name\":\"Trade Unionist Obert Masaraure Convicted For Obstructing Justice - 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