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| Zimbabwe pastor Evan Mawarire 'charged with inciting violence' | Zimbabwe pastor Evan Mawarire 'charged with inciting violence' |
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| A Zimbabwean pastor leading a campaign against the government's handling of the economy has reportedly been charged with inciting public violence. | A Zimbabwean pastor leading a campaign against the government's handling of the economy has reportedly been charged with inciting public violence. |
| His own #ThisFlag Twitter campaign feed and the state-run Herald paper tweeted that Evan Mawarire was also being charged with disturbing peace. | His own #ThisFlag Twitter campaign feed and the state-run Herald paper tweeted that Evan Mawarire was also being charged with disturbing peace. |
| Activists organised a "stay-at-home" protest last Wednesday and planned similar shutdowns this week. | |
| It has mostly been organised on social media and WhatsApp using #ThisFlag. | It has mostly been organised on social media and WhatsApp using #ThisFlag. |
| Zimbabwe's economic crisis has worsened recently, leading to a chronic cash shortage and delays paying civil servants. | |
| Pastor Mawarire was summoned for questioning by police ahead of a two-day "stay-at-home" protest called for Wednesday and Thursday. | |
| Several hours after he reported to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday morning, the #ThisFlag Twitter account posted: "Pastor Evan Mawarire is being charged with section 36 for inciting public violence and disturbing peace." | |
| It included a video in which the preacher says: "You are watching this video because I have either been arrested or have been abducted. It's a video we had pre-recorded for a day like this one." | |
| He ends his message saying that he hopes the shutdowns have been successful. | |
| "Hold this government to account. Never let them get away with anything," he says. | |
| "Remember this flag is our flag, no-one else loves Zimbabwe more than a Zimbabwean." |