Jails are not only for the opposition: Zanu PF

ZANU PF director for information Farai Marapira has said jails are not only for opposition activists, but for those who commit crimes, including his party’s members.

The Zanu PF-led government has of late warned opposition activists and members of the civic society that they risk being thrown into prison if they protested, particularly at this time when Zimbabwe is hosting the 44th edition of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Heads of State and Government Summit on
August 17.

More than 160 opposition activists and civic society members are in prison and being denied bail since mid-June when over 70 members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) were rounded up, brutalised by law enforcement agents for holding an unlawful gathering.

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