{{A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe “a rotten old donkey,” in the latest such case, lawyers said Saturday.}}<\/p>\n
Chenjerai Pamhiri, 38, a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo city, was convicted and jailed on Friday by a magistrate on Friday, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors alleged that Pamhiri, while doing his shopping at a local supermarket last week, shouted that Mr Mugabe was “dirt which should be discarded, a rotten old donkey”. <\/p>\n
He is also said to have urged people not to vote for him in elections expected sometime this year.<\/p>\n
Police arrested him as he left the supermarket.<\/p>\n
“We received the shocking news of the conviction and sentencing of Pamhiri and we have promptly moved in to assist him,” Kumbirai Mafunda, spokesman for the human rights lawyers, told media.<\/p>\n
“Our lawyers will file an appeal against the conviction and sentence and a make a separate application for bail pending appeal.”<\/p>\n
Arrests for slandering Zimbabwe’s long-time president and breaching the strict public order law are common and those found guilty usually get away with light sentences, fines or are ordered to do community service.<\/p>\n
Mr Mafunda said rights lawyers have recorded over 60 such cases since 2010.<\/p>\n
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