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Author fined for low-key protest against government

Renowned author Tsitsi Dangarembga was found guilty yesterday of promoting public violence in her home country of Zimbabwe for participating in a largely peaceful antigovernment protest in 2020 that called for reforms. Shewas fined around $210 and given a six-month suspended jail sentence. Dangarembga and her friend, Julie Barnes, were arrested after walking down a street in a suburb of the capital, Harare, holding placards. Dangarembga’s placard read ‘‘WeWant Better. Reform Our Institutions’’ and Barnes held one that called for arrested journalists to be freed. They were part of a low-key, antigovernment demonstration.

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