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Created
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02HARARE1715
2002-07-25 09:32:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME
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UNCLAS HARARE 001715
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR AF/PD, AF/S, AF/RA
POSTS FOR PAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME
COURT; HARARE
The trial of "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa and his
editor Geoffrey Nyarota has been referred to the country's
Supreme Court. A Zimbabwean magistrate, Sandra Nhau,
yesterday (July 24) agreed with defense lawyers that the
case raised "serious constitutional matters." Mudiwa and
Nyarota are facing charges of publishing a false story
under the newly enacted Access to Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Last week a magistrate
acquitted Andrew Meldrum, a U. S. national reporting for
the British-based "Guardian" newspaper, of similar charges.
SULLIVAN
SIPDIS
DEPT. FOR AF/PD, AF/S, AF/RA
POSTS FOR PAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME
COURT; HARARE
The trial of "Daily News" reporter Lloyd Mudiwa and his
editor Geoffrey Nyarota has been referred to the country's
Supreme Court. A Zimbabwean magistrate, Sandra Nhau,
yesterday (July 24) agreed with defense lawyers that the
case raised "serious constitutional matters." Mudiwa and
Nyarota are facing charges of publishing a false story
under the newly enacted Access to Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). Last week a magistrate
acquitted Andrew Meldrum, a U. S. national reporting for
the British-based "Guardian" newspaper, of similar charges.
SULLIVAN