Zimbabwean investigative journalist arrested over a tweet

Well known Zimbabwean Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was arrested yesterday at his Harare home over a tweet he posted online.

Chin’ono was arrested for allegedly falsely claiming police in Harare had struck and killed an infant with a baton stick.

Chin’ono informed the nation about the development on his Twitter page saying:

The police have come to arrest me! Let everyone know!

— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) January 8, 2021

Hopewell Chin’ono revealed that the police arrested him for allegedly “communicating falsehoods for tweeting that a child had been beaten up and died by a police officer.

They say they are charging me with communicating falsehoods for tweeting that a child had been beaten up and died by a police officer! They are taking me to the Law and a order section at Harare Central Police Station.

— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) January 8, 2021