Jason Mwanza protests in front of the very same Freedom Statue in Lusaka where Hakainde Hichilema protested before he became the president of Zambia. Mwanza has been detained for his lone protest.
Jason Mwanza, a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia, has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks. His offence? Conducting a peaceful lone protest against acute unemployment, continued high-level corruption in government, the cost-of-living crisis, rolling power…