Martha O'Donovan

It's not clear if the charges against Martha O'Donovan would be dropped if President Robert Mugabe left office since Mugabe since the government she is accused of attempting to overthrow, would no longer be in power.

The 25-year-old from Bridgewater will be back in court facing charges that her Twitter post was part of a plot to overthrow the government.

A ZImbabwe judge found the state's argument to keep her behind bars as "weak" and "wanting."

The 25-year-old remains jailed at the Chikurubi Female Prison, which has been described as one of Africa’s worst prisons, after a judge granted the state a one-day delay to prepare its case.

Martha O'Donovan has been jailed over a tweet calling the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, a "sick and selfish man."

Congressman Leonard Lance said her situation is a priority to him as she remains imprisoned in a women's jail called Africa's worst.

Martha O'Donovan is accused of undermining the authority of the government with a single tweet critical of its president.