Originally published in Premier News Prominent Zimbabwean government critic Pastor Evan Mawarire has been released on bail by the High Court in Harare and has claimed that hundreds of people in jail need medical attention. Mawarire was one of more than 1,000 people arrested recently in a government crackdown on […]
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Zimbabwe: churches slam state shootings; pastor charged with treason
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday urged the government to stop using state security agents to indiscriminately shoot at protesting civilians who were exercising their constitutional right to demonstrate, reports NewsDay. And in another development linked to this week’s bloody protests in Zimbabwe over 150% fuel hikes, popular pastor […]
Zimbabwe activist pastor acquitted of subversion
Zimbabwean social media activist pastor Evan Mawarire was acquitted in the High Court in Harare today on charges that he tried to subvert the government of former president Robert Mugabe and incited public violence during anti-government protests last year. He subsequently made an appeal to new president Emmerson Mnangagwa — […]
Pastor Evan Mawarire calls for unity in Zimbabwe, urges Church leaders to engage with army and politicians
Zimbabwe’s well-known social media activist pastor, Evan Mawarire, responded swiftly to today’s military takeover in Zimbabwe, streaming a “citizens’ broadcast” on Facebook this morning, calling on Zimbabweans to be calm, hopeful, united and prayerful. In his broadcast from Harare, which garnered nearly 60 000 views and thousands of comments in […]
#ThisFlag movement at crossroads as Mawarire goes to US
Originally published in Christian Today Pastor Evan Mawarire has been arrested, faced abuse, smears and even death threats. But now that he has gone to the United States and his plans are not clear, some of his supporters are turning on him saying they are “confused and betrayed” by his […]