A Zimbabwean court has convicted prominent opposition politician Tendai Biti for announcing that his party’s leader won disputed elections held in July.
Biti was on trial for unofficial and false declaration of results. Magistrate Gloria Takundwa fined him 200 dollars for the offense. Biti, also a leading Human Rights lawyer, fled the country to neighboring Zambia in August citing threats to his life.
He was deported back to Zimbabwe days later and arrested for allegedly violating the electoral law.