Jailed Zimbabwe opposition figure Sikhala set free
Former legislator and prominent member of the opposition party Citizens Colaition for Change (CCC) Job Sikhala salutes the press and well-wishers at the Harare Magistrates Court in Harare, Zimbabwe after the court convicted him of inciting public violence on January 24, 2024. PHOTO | AFP
Zimbabwean opposition politician Job Sikhala, who has spent more than a year-and-a-half in prison, was released Tuesday after a Harare court handed him a suspended sentence.
An outspoken and popular government critic, Sikhala, 51, was one of the most prominent figures to be arrested in recent years in what rights groups have described as a crackdown on dissent in the country.
