Zimbabwe pastor's bail hearing postponed as hundreds await trial


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 Jan 2019

Soldiers and police direct motorists as they queue for petrol in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire faced more time in jail after a court delayed his bail application on Wednesday, as hundreds of others arrested during a brutal crackdown on protesters awaited trial.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa had promised a day earlier to investigate the security services' actions against anti-government protesters and called for a "national dialogue" with churches, civil society and the opposition.

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