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Criminal defamation jail term has “chilling effect”

HARARE – Chief justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has queried the imposition of 20 years as the maximum prison term for publishing falsehoods, claiming this would intimidate the public from freely expressing themselves. Chidyausiku said this yesterday following Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa’s opposition of a court ruling delivered in favour of former NewsDay editor Constantine Chimakure, Alpha…

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