A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained for writing a news story
deemed insulting to the country’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, a legal aid
group said on Tuesday.
Kenneth Nyangani of the privately-owned
Newsday newspaper was detained late Monday, police spokeswoman, Charity
Charamba, confirmed, adding that a full statement would later be issued
on the case.
Nyangani had written an article alleging that the first lady — a notorious shopper with a penchant for designer goods — had made a charitable donation of clothes, including used undergarments, to supporters of her husband’s Zanu-PF party.
“We understand police officers are planning on charging him with criminal defamation,” said Kumbirai Mafunda, spokesman for Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the group representing the journalist.
Nyangani had written an article alleging that the first lady — a notorious shopper with a penchant for designer goods — had made a charitable donation of clothes, including used undergarments, to supporters of her husband’s Zanu-PF party.
“We understand police officers are planning on charging him with criminal defamation,” said Kumbirai Mafunda, spokesman for Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the group representing the journalist.
Reuters
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