Cablegate: Media Report Mudiwa Trial Referred to Supreme

Thursday, 25 July 2002, 9:32 am
Cable: Wikileaks
Ref: 02HARARE1715

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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

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