Zimbabwean police confirmed on Thursday the arrest of 39 activists accused of preparing projections on the election outcome, with the intention of releasing numbers ahead of the official announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
Election official work with candle light at a polling station for Zimbabwes presidential and legislative elections in Bulawayo, on 23 August 2023. The group was raided on suspicion that they were preparing to release election results.Zimbabwean police confirmed on Thursday the arrest of 39 activists accused of preparing projections on the election outcome, with the intention of releasing numbers ahead of the official announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission .
"A Holiday Inn in Harare was raided, among other locations, where several communication gadgets were recovered, including laptops, smartphones, ordinary phones, and modems," said police spokesperson Paul Nyathi. Those arrested had been detained without access to their lawyers and had been barred from making calls, she added.
He added the police action was"an extreme extension" of government action in the run-up to the vote,"when media, activists and observers were barred or deported from the country"."This is a blatant attempt by a desperate ruling party to block observers monitoring and broadcasting the truth of this election," Kwaramba said.
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