US woman arrested in Zimbabwe is ordered freed on bail
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A judge in Zimbabwe has ordered that a United States citizen charged with subversion and accused of insulting the president should be freed on $1,000 bail.
Martha O'Donovan also must hand over her passport and report to police twice a week. She was arrested on Friday. She has denied that she called 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe a "sick man" on Twitter.
The 25-year-old O'Donovan faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the subversion charge. She also faces a charge of undermining the authority of or insulting the president, which carries up to a year in prison.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The New Jersey native will return to court on Nov. 15.
She had been working with local social media outlet Magamba TV, which describes itself as producing "satirical comedy sensations."