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Criminal defamation unconstitutional

HARARE – The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the use of criminal defamation laws has a “stifling and chilling effect” on free speech in Zimbabwe. In the landmark ruling that has been welcomed by the media fraternity, the full Con-Court bench ruled in favour of  The Standard editor Nevanji Madanhire and his reporter Nqaba Matshazi,…

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