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Zimbabwe opposition figure gets suspended sentence after nearly 2 years in pretrial detention
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Zimbabwe opposition figure gets suspended sentence after nearly 2 years in pretrial detention

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for inciting violence. Job Sikhala, an outspoken official with the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party and a former member of parliament, was given the suspended two-year sentence …

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A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwean opposition figure who has spent close to 600 days in pretrial detention was convicted on Wednesday of inciting public violence, while some supporters sobbed at the treatment of a man seen by many as the face of resistance to the government’s alleged repression. However, magistrate Tafadzwa Miti said evidence showed that Sikhala and opposition lawmaker …

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‘Prosecution by persecution’: The Zimbabwean politician imprisoned 65 times
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Prosecution by persecution’: The Zimbabwean politician imprisoned 65 times

Al Jazeera  

Harare, Zimbabwe – Job “Wiwa” Sikhala has spent the last 17 months in the Chikurubi maximum-security prison, the longest stretch an opposition figure has been held in pre-trial detention in almost four decades in Zimbabwe. “More importantly, Job Sikhala’s continued detention is a reflection that we have many ordinary citizens languishing in our country’s jails without trial,” said CCC interim …

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Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments
1 year, 7 months ago

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

The Independent  

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Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments
1 year, 7 months ago

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A prominent opposition leader and lawmaker in Zimbabwe was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist and posting the video to social media. Job Sikhala, a Parliament member and senior official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party, …

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Zimbabwe government harasses opposition with arrests, jail
2 years, 3 months ago

Zimbabwe government harasses opposition with arrests, jail

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Opposition politicians languishing in prison. Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling intense government repression similar to the iron-fisted rule of Robert Mugabe, the former president who died in 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is responding with force to opposition to his rule, stoked by worsening economic conditions …

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Zimbabwe opposition MP, Job Sikhala, arrested by police: Party
4 years, 4 months ago

Zimbabwe opposition MP, Job Sikhala, arrested by police: Party

Al Jazeera  

Sikhala, an outspoken government critic, went into hiding in late July after he appeared on a police wanted list. Zimbabwean security forces have arrested a legislator and outspoken opposition leader who went into hiding in late July after appearing on a police wanted list. Sikhala is one of more than a dozen anti-government activists who went into hiding after police …

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