Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin’ono arrested again

Police and officials took Chin’ono from his home in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday evening.

[Hopewell Chin’ono]
The Guardian: “Chin’ono, a respected documentary-maker who has worked for a number of international organisations, was first arrested in July after publishing a series of investigations into corruption in Zimbabwe.”
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Hopewell Chin’ono, the Zimbabwean journalist and anti-corruption campaigner has has been rearrested for allegedly breaking bail conditions.

Police and officials took Chin’ono from his home in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday evening.

Legal sources said he had been charged with contempt of court relating to an alleged breach of bail conditions, an allegation that they described as “nonsense.”

Chin’ono, a respected documentary-maker who has worked for a number of international organisations, was first arrested in July after publishing a series of investigations into corruption in Zimbabwe.

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