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Court convicts Jameson Timba and 34 activists after five months in pre-trial detention.
A Zimbabwe court has convicted an opposition leader and 34 activists on charges of participating in an unlawful gathering, more than five months after they were taken into pre-trial detention.
Jameson Timba, interim leader of a faction of the splintered Citizens Coalition for Change opposition party, and the activists face up to five years in prison or a fine.
Sentencing is set for next week, Webster Jiti, one of the defence lawyers, said.
The court on Friday acquitted 30 others who had been detained…
