Martha O’Donovan had earlier been charged over a tweet that appeared to insult Robert Mugabe, weeks after the president appointed a cybersecurity minister to police social media. Footage of Goreraza taking delivery of the vehicles prompted outrage when it was circulated on social media last month. A new wave of activists have used social media to organise protests against Mugabe’s rule. Two men were arrested separately on Friday after they allegedly said: “I will not vote Zanu-PF and President Mugabe is like a dog”. ZLHR says it has represented almost 200 people charged with allegedly insulting world’s oldest head of state in recent years.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2017 15:12 UTC