Mugabe Insult Laws

Zimbabwean police detained a U.S. citizen and seized her laptop on Friday on suspicion of calling President Robert Mugabe a “Goblin” on Twitter, the first arrest since the creation of a Ministry of Cyber Security last month, her lawyers…
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By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Section 33 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act that provides against insulting the president is unconstitutional as it is too vague and violates freedom of expression and citizens’…
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By Professor Mutodzi Police have arrested a former policeman for allegedly claiming President Robert Mugabe has gone insane and was now incapable of solving the country’s myriad problems. Fredy Munemo, 42, was on Wednesday charged…
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By Tendai Kamhungira HARARE - Embattled Prosecutor General, Johannes Tomana, says President Robert Mugabe is above the Constitution and that, therefore, anybody who insults him should face the full wrath of the law. Speaking at a…
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HARARE - A woman and her daughter have been fined for calling President Robert Mugabe insane, following the release of a prisoner through the February presidential amnesty.
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The MDC-T spokesman Douglas Mwonzora has said a law that protects President Robert Mugabe from being lampooned is unconstitutional and impinges on basic fundamental freedoms.
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MUTARE – Zimbabwean authorities have arrested a teenager over an alleged post on the social media site Facebook alleging that President Robert Mugabe had died.
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The State’s case against artist Owen Maseko, who is facing charges of ‘undermining’ the authority of President Robert Mugabe through his works, suffered a blow Wednesday after conceding it may not have a case.
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