An American woman in Zimbabwe has been jailed for 'insulting' President Robert Mugabe by allegedly tweeting an image of him which suggested he has a catheter from an anonymous account which was still active as she languished behind bars on Saturday.


Martha O'Donovan, 25, was arrested on Friday morning at her home near Harare, the country's capital, and was taken into custody on a charge of insulting or undermining the president and trying to overthrow an elected government.


Police say that on October 11, O'Donovan tweeted that Mugabe, 93, is a 'very selfish and sick man' and claimed that he was surviving on a catheter.



They claim they traced the anonymous Twitter account @matigary, which allegedly posted the tweet, to her address through its IP address.


On Saturday, O'Donovan was held in custody after a brief court hearing and she must now wait until November 15 to return to court.


Her lawyers say they will appeal for her to be granted bail at the High Court on Monday.


The Twitter account police say she was behind was still active on Friday and Saturday despite the fact that Martha, who is from Martinsville, New Jersey, was in custody.



O'Donovan, a graduate of NYU, has been in Zimbabwe for a year working for the local TV network Magamba and bar tending.






Martha O'Donovan, 25, is pictured arriving at Harare Magistrates Court in Zimbabwe on Saturday.


After a brief hearing, she was remanded in custody and must now wait until November to reappear in court for a bail hearing.




Local media shared a photograph of O'Donovan's arrest warrant.


It claims that on October 11, she tweeted: 'We are being led by a selfish and sick man'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5049325/US-woman-faces-20-years-jail-insulting-Mugabe.html

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An American woman in Zimbabwe has been jailed on suspicion of trying to overthrow the country's government by allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe on Twitter.

.......so this archaic president is scared of losing the presidential seat? how does insulting the president on twitter becomes tantamount to overthrowing the president?

Martha O'Donovan, 25, was arrested on Friday morning at her home near Harare, the country's capital, and was taken into custody on a charge of insulting or undermining the president and trying to overthrow an elected government

okay....

The woman's family in her hometown of Martinsville, New Jersey, have not yet commented on her arrest.


Her arrest warrant states that on October 11, she, under the Twitter handle @matigary, tweeted:


'We are being led by a sick and selfish man'.


There is no evidence of the tweet on social media.


Matigari has deleted all of its posts before October 27.She is charged with undermining authority of or insulting president.



The woman arriving at Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday morning insists she did not send the tweet.

Nearly 200 people have been criminally charged with insulting Mugabe, 93 in recent years, according to human rights lawyers.




Before she was remanded in custody on Saturday, O'Donovan posed for photographs with her lawyers and with others inside the court.

Good for her, They don't worship whites there like Nigeria.

APC

U're in Zimbabwe acting like u were in America.. This is what u get.

She prolly thought they knew nothing abt Ip address Tracing in this part of the world

Lemme just keep quiet before Mugabe come and arrest me for my house

Quite unfortunate for her

This shiit won't happen in the state.. F**k shiit

They will release her soonest, she's american, they value the life of their citizens, unlike us
Africans and greed, at that age, no wonder africa is like this.

On the other hand, how will u arrest someone for speaking their mind

A seal team will storm the prison and exfilterate her.
Piece of cake.

Freedom of speech i no go dull you but freedom after speech i can't assure. You are in Zimbabwe, u can only ride beside your president and tell him fucck u in the US

She no know say na Africa she dey. I am just wondering imagine if Zimbabwe na naija hmm many nairalanders for don hear am

This can't happen in the zoo

Damn!.

cstr1000:
A seal team will storm the prison and exfilterate her.
Piece of cake.

The last time your overhyped Amerikan “Seal Team” strayed into the Iranian Territorial Waters, they were paraded live on TV sobbing like kindergarten pupils.

Africa still under military rule

Explorers:
An American woman in Zimbabwe has been jailed for 'insulting' President Robert Mugabe by allegedly tweeting an image of him which suggested he has a catheter from an anonymous account which was still active as she languished behind bars on Saturday.


Martha O'Donovan, 25, was arrested on Friday morning at her home near Harare, the country's capital, and was taken into custody on a charge of insulting or undermining the president and trying to overthrow an elected government.


Police say that on October 11, O'Donovan tweeted that Mugabe, 93, is a 'very selfish and sick man' and

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claimed that he was surviving on a catheter.



They claim they traced the anonymous Twitter account @matigary, which allegedly posted the tweet, to her address through its IP address.


On Saturday, O'Donovan was held in custody after a brief court hearing and she must now wait until November 15 to return to court.


Her lawyers say[/b]they will appeal for her to be granted bail at the High Court on Monday.


The Twitter account police [b]say she was behind was still active on Friday and Saturday despite the fact that Martha, who is from Martinsville, New Jersey, was in custody.



O'Donovan, a graduate of NYU, has been in Zimbabwe for a year working for the local TV network Magamba and bar tending.






Martha O'Donovan, 25, is pictured arriving at Harare Magistrates Court in Zimbabwe on Saturday.


After a brief hearing, she was remanded in custody and must now wait until November to reappear in court for a bail hearing.




Local media shared a photograph of O'Donovan's arrest warrant.


It claims that on October 11, she tweeted: 'We are being led by a selfish and sick man'






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5049325/US-woman-faces-20-years-jail-insulting-Mugabe.html
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Baba explores

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A classical example of freedom of speech guaranteed but freedom after speech not so sure. Or freedom to tweet.

But tell me wetin concern all these Americans you no go stay America insult Donald Trump.. You come they talk for wetin no be your business.

I trust US government, she will not last there

Rubbish

Good

What's wrong with Africa sef

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I love magabe’s guts, even tho this is an infirgment on freedom of speech.

Need I say that in a country, believed to be the giant of Africa, a Chinese/Lebanese can openly assault her citizens and the government won’t do shît about it

Fine babe..