4 arrested for booing Grace Mugabe

Four people were arrested on Friday for booing Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe while she was addressing a political rally.

“I can confirm the arrest of three adult males and a female,” said Police Spokesman, Charity Charamba.  “The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe was the guest of honour at the rally and what they did was tantamount to undermining the authority of the president,” he added.

 The four allegedly shouted that they hate their president’s wife and booed her when she was speaking in Bulowayo, on Saturday.

If convicted they could face a year in jail. There has been a crackdown on freedom of expression in the southern African nation in recent months, with a U.S. woman arrested for allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe “a goblin” in a tweet. Martha O’Donovan, 25, faces 20 years if convicted on charges of subversion.