Man Arrested For 'ED Has Failed To Fix Economy' Slur Released

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said that it has secured the release of one Tinashe Dembo who had been in detention for more than a month.

Dembo was arrested for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he said that he had failed to fix the economy. In a statement, ZLHR said:

In Mutare, ZLHR Lawyers rescues Tinashe Dembo by securing his release from prison, where he had been detained for more than one month after he was arrested and charged with insulting President Mnangagwa for stating that he had failed to fix the economy and that the price of beer had gone up.