HARARE – A Zimbabwean magistrate Thursday denied bail to an investigative journalist who has been in detention for more than a week for alleging corruption in the country’s prosecuting agency, sending him back to a harsh prison in which he recently spent six weeks on a separate charge.Hopewell Chin'ono is being charged with obstruction of justice arising from a tweet he made alleging corrupt practices within Zimbabwe's National Prosecuting Authority.
He faces up to a year in jail or a fine if convicted. Prosecutors dropped a separate charge of contempt of court.Chin'ono was denied bail on the grounds that he could commit other offenses if released.