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Zambia court backs British satirist
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The Supreme Court in Zambia has rejected the government's demands to deport a British satirist for allegedly insulting the president in 2004. Roy Clarke, a satirical columnist of the privately owned daily 'The Post', was prosecuted by the state after he had referred to President Levy Mwanawasa as "mawelewele", meaning "a foolish elephant" as well as naming two of his ministers "baboons". Clarke won the legal challenge at the time but the government appealed. The case is considered as a test case of the right of journalists to criticize Zambia's leaders. Judge Philip Musonda revoked the original deportation order saying that it was unconstitutional and that the author had a right to write satirical stories ...
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The Supreme Court in Zambia has rejected the government's demands to deport a British satirist for allegedly insulting the president in 2004. Roy Clarke, a satirical columnist of the privately owned daily 'The Post', was prosecuted by the state after he had referred to President Levy Mwanawasa as "mawelewele", meaning "a foolish elephant" as well as naming two of his ministers "baboons". Clarke won the legal challenge at the time but the government appealed. The case is considered as a test case of the right of journalists to criticize Zambia's leaders. Judge Philip Musonda revoked the original deportation order saying that it was unconstitutional and that the author had a right to write satirical stories ...
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