Two gay rights activists were arrested at a Harare, Zimbabwe, hotel where advocacy group Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) were holding a media training course, Pink News reports.
While Natasha Dowell was charged under the Public Order and Security Act, Tawanda Muguze was released without charge.
More than a dozen other course participants were interviewed by police and later released.
The country’s president, Robert Mugabe, known for his vitriolic, anti-gay statements, has described homosexuality as un-African and called gay people worse than pigs and dogs.
He recently claimed he wasn’t aware that there is an LGBT advocacy group in Zimbabwe.
GALZ, which has been subject to a number of police raids, was recently charged with operating an unregistered group, but the case was dismissed.
Mugabe has come out in support of Uganda’s anti-gay law and criticized Western countries for withdrawing or redirecting aid from the African country.
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