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Happening Now: Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume & @mdczimbabwe deputy chairperson Job Sikhala are jointly addressing the press regarding the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. Chin'ono was arrested yesterday. @misazimbabwe @jngarivhume @MAZ_Zim

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Sikhala: We are shocked that Chin'ono was arrested on the basis of his opinion. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe

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Sikhala: Zimbabwe has a bad record of persecuting members of the press for bringing out their personal views. @misazimbabwe @nickmangwana

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Sikhala: The state is using law to silence voices of dissent. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe

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Sikhala: I shared a prison cell with Hopewell. Chin'ono has an unmeasurable love for this love.
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Sikhala:We call upon @SADC_News to recognize that there is a humanitarian crisis in this country. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe

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Sikhala: The United Nations security council must quickly sit down and pass a resolution to say Zimbabwean crisis cannot be allowed to continue. @misazimbabwe @nickmangwana
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Ngarivhume: The state must not see us as enemies. @nickmangwana @mdczimbabwe @JobSikhala1

Ngarivhume: Citizens must rise to end the crisis in this country. @mdczimbabwe @jngarivhume @JobSikhala1
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Ngarivhume:We see people carrying 6kg of gold and are caught at the airport and they tell us they picked a wrong bag. The state does not oppose bail in such a matter until the magistrate says makes a decision to deny bail to save the state from embarrassment.
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Ngarivhume:@ZANUPF_Official will not stay in power for ever. One day it will have to answer and should encourage state institutions to be independent for its benefit in future. @mdczimbabwe @nickmangwana @JobSikhala1

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Ngarivhume: Zimbabweans must all come together and demonstrate to this government that people are not happy with what is happening in this country. #OpenParlyZw

Ngarivhume:Freedom of expression must not be punishable. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe @jngarivhume

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Sikhala:State touted Patriotic Act is a stupid law if it ever comes. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe @JobSikhala1

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Sikhala: We will give the courts a chance but if the persecution of Hopewell Chin'ono continues, we will not sit back, we will take action. @nickmangwana @misazimbabwe @ZLHRLawyers

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Ngarivhume:Every action that we are going to take must be guided by what the citizens want. If the citizens say we should go into the streets , We will be in the streets. @ZLHRLawyers @nickmangwana

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Ngarivhume: It is not about SADC and AU speaking, the ball is in our hands as the citizens. What is it that we are doing to help ourselves move this nation forward?
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Ngarivhume: What this government is attempting to do, is to criminalise speaking out but we will not allow that. We will not give up our constitutional rights. We will continue to speak the language of defiance.
@misazimbabwe @nickmangwana
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Sikhala: It is better to die speaking out what you believe in than to allow this state to kill you in silence. @mdczimbabwe @JobSikhala1 @jngarivhume

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