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Zimbabwe union leader faces subversion charge after protests |
2019-01-24 |
[PULSE.NG] Zim-bob-we Congress of Trade Unions Secretary General Japhet Moyo was juggedPlease don't kill me! on Monday as he flew into the country at Bob MuggsyMugabe ![]() Crocodileandf your title is Shopper in Chieflet him win.... International. He denies the charges against him. "He is facing charges of attempting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government... (and) incitement to public violence," his lawyer Alec Muchadehama told AFP at the courthouse in Harare. "He totally denies these scandalous charges," the lawyer told the magistrates court during an early evening hearing. Moyo is one of a number of high-profile activists arrested after the strike turned into nationwide protests with some rioting and looting. At least 12 people died after a brutal crackdown by the military and the police, while hundreds more were arrested. |
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