DHAKA: A Zimbabwean pastor who was temporarily detained after organizing a nationwide strike last week has called on people to keep protesting.

Evan Mawarire told that people should stay at home as part of a campaign against corruption, economic mismanagement and unemployment.

He said that the campaign was serious about wanting change.
Mawarire was freed on Wednesday when a court in Harare dismissed a legal case against him, BBC reports on Thursday (July 14).

His lawyers successfully argued that the charge of subversion had been added at the last minute, denying him a fair trial.

The pastor has been at the heart of a social media campaign denouncing the government's management of the economy.

He said that this Flag movement's goal was to ‘get as many citizens as possible involved in nation-building’.

His latest call for people to stay away from work in protest at the economic crisis went largely unheeded, with most businesses opening as normal on Wednesday.

BDST: 1254 HRS, July 14, 2016
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