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Zimbabwe court convicts opposition leader and 34 activists after 5 months of pre-trial detention

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Zimbabwean court convicts opposition leader and 34 activists after 5 months of pre -trial detention.

Jameson Timba , interim leader of a faction of the splintered Citizens Coalition for Change opposition party, and the activists face up to five years in prison or a fine.

Sentencing is set for next week , one of the activists’ lawyers says.

Amnesty International described the detention as “part of a disturbing pattern of repression against people exercising their rights”.

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86

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English

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