{"id":66930,"date":"2022-09-29T18:44:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/breaking-award-winning-author-tsitsi-dangarembga-and-julie-barnes-convicted-of-inciting-public-violence"},"modified":"2022-09-29T22:42:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:42:49","slug":"breaking-award-winning-author-tsitsi-dangarembga-and-julie-barnes-convicted-of-inciting-public-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/breaking-award-winning-author-tsitsi-dangarembga-and-julie-barnes-convicted-of-inciting-public-violence","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Award-winning Author Tsitsi Dangarembga And Julie Barnes Convicted Of Inciting Public Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwean award-winning author Tsitsi Dangarembga, and Julie Gabriel Barnes have been convicted of inciting public violence.<\/p>\n<p>The two were arrested in 2020 and charged with participating in a public gathering with the intention to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry as defined in Section 37(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<p>They have been on trial over the last two years on charges of inciting public violence after participating in a demonstration in the Borrowdale suburb in Harare while holding some placards inscribed \u201cFree Hopewell, free Jacob #Zimbabwe\u201d, \u201cWe want better reform our institution\u201d and \u201cFree our journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning journalist, Hopewell Chin\u2019ono and Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume had been arrested on 20 July 2020 for inciting public violence after they allegedly rallied people to participate in a foiled demonstration that had been slated for 31 July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ngarivhume was released on bail after 43 days in prison. 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