By Newsday
HARARE, Jul. 1 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, has been detained overnight by the police over an article that appeared in the weekly, which the authorities allege ‘undermined the authority’ of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
“Senior journalist and editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, Faith Zaba has been arrested by the ZRP today on allegations of undermining the authority of or insulting the President. The charge relates to a satirical Muckraker article published last Friday. After police recorded a warned and cautioned statement from Zaba, they insisted on detaining her overnight, pending a court appearance provisionally tomorrow, her lawyer Chris Mhike said.
“We are deeply disappointed with the determination of the authorities to lock Zaba up, even in the face of medical confirmation of her current severe illness.”
Members of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order section twice went to the offices of Alpha Media Holdings, the publishers of the Zimbabwe Independent, but failed to locate her.
Zaba surrendered herself to the police in the company of her lawyer, Chris Mhike, and AMH legal representative, Tatenda Chikohora.
