United States citizen Martha O’Donovan (25) will have to brave another night at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after the High Court postponed her bail application. The state applied for a postponement saying that they were not yet ready to proceed as they needed to prepare their argument. High Court judge Justice Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa granted the application. The bail hearing will now take place tomorrow morning at 9 am.
O’Donovan is accused of plotting to overthrow President Mugabe’s government using Twitter. The charges she is facing are:
- Subverting a constitutional government through Masterminding a social media campaign to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means, with the campaign allegedly being run under the social media accounts; @Matigary, @OpenparlyZim and Magamba Network Trust.
- Undermining the authority of and insulting the authority of the president by tweeting as @Matigary a tweet that read “We’re being led by a selfish and sick man”.
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