FILE PHOTO - Handcuffed Pastor Evan Mawarire arrives at court after he was arrested for addressing students demonstrating over fees in Harare, Zimbabwe June 28,2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police arrested activist pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag movement as he stepped down from his pulpit, accusing him of subversion for a series of social media posts that charged Robert Mugabe's government had wrecked the economy, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.
Lawyer Harrison Nkomo said Mawarire was arrested and charged with subversion, which carries a maximum term of life imprisonment, for a Facebook video he posted on Saturday lambasting the government over its economic policies.
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