representative, Charles town of Beitbridge and charged with Marerwa. contravening COVID-19 regulations. Journalists Frank Chikowore and Chikowore and Takawira were arrested at Samuel Takawira Parktown Clinic in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb on 22 May 2020 22 May 2020, where three female opposition MDC Alliance officials, that include Member of Parliament for Harare West Joanna Mamombe, were being treated following their alleged abduction and torture after staging a demonstration in Warren Park, Harare. Freelance journalist Godfrey Mtimba who is based in Zimbabwe’s southern Mtimba town of Masvingo was charged with 29 June 2020 undermining the authority of or insulting the President in terms of Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. Freelance journalist Hopewell Police raided Chin'ono’s home and arrested him Chin'ono and subsequently charged him with incitement 20 July 2020 to participate in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breaches of peace or bigotry or alternatively incitement to commit public violence. Franklin Sibindi, a journalist with Franklin Sibindi, a journalist with the Centre for the Centre for Innovation and Innovation and Technology (CITE ZW) was Technology (CITE ZW) detained by the police in Bulawayo for allegedly 31 July 2020 using an expired accreditation card. Journalist Gilbert Munetsi Munetsi spent the night in police cells after he was arrested by police in Chitungwiza outside Harare around 8 pm for allegedly violating the 6 am – 6 pm curfew imposed in terms of the COVID-19 regulations. 23 7 August 2020