![]() “The conviction today of award-winning writer, filmmaker, and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and her co-accused, Julie Barnes, by a Zimbabwe Court is a travesty of justice. PEN International, an association of writers, which awarded Dangarembga a Pinter Prize in 2021, also condemned the sentence in a statement. The ruling has drawn widespread condemnation, with the Booker Prize committee saying it was “shocked” to hear about the conviction,” in a Twitter post. Her book “This Mournable Body” was nominated for a Booker Prize in 2020. However, we do intend to appeal the conviction.”ĭangarembga, 63, has been a leading voice in condemning gross corruption and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. “Considering the sequence of events, images tendered in court, evidence by journalists …the two intended to incite violence and the accused are found guilty as charged.”Ī defiant Dangarembga told journalists after the verdict, “This means the space for freedom of expression is shrinking and is increasingly criminalized. Inside the Harare courtroom, Dangarembga and Barnes held hands as magistrate Barbara Mateko handed down her judgment. Zimbabweans stage solo social media protests against human rights abuse in the country (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP) (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP via Getty Images) Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images Dangarembga, 61, was bundled into a police truck as she demonstrated in the upmarket Harare suburb of Borrowdale alongside another protester. Police in Zimbabwe arrested on Jinternationally-aclaimed novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga as they enforced a ban on protests coinciding with the anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election. TOPSHOT - Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga (L) and a colleague Julie Barnes hold placards during an anti-corruption protest march along Borrowdale road, on Jin Harare. ![]()
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