On this day in 2008, independent Journalist Chikowore was granted bail after being arrested on 15 April. He was arrested for practicing journalism without approval under the Access to Information and Protection Act.
On this day in 2008, independent journalist Frank Chikowore was arrested. The police changed his charges from practicing journalism without accreditation to public violence, claiming that he was among those MDC activist who had burnt a bus on the same day.
On this day in 2008, human Right Lawyer Harrison Nkomo was arrested for defending independent journalist Frank Chikowore. He was kept for two days and was given charges for insulting the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe.