US embassy cable - 02HARARE1715

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MEDIA REPORT MUDIWA TRIAL REFERRED TO SUPREME COURT; HARARE

Identifier: 02HARARE1715
Wikileaks: View 02HARARE1715 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Harare
Created: 2002-07-25 09:32:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: KPAO OIIP PHUM ZI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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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