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 …
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 …
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 …
