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Judge dismisses obscenity charges against newspaper editor
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR655.htm
Publisher: Reporters without Borders
Date Written: 17/11/2009
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
A Lusaka court yesterday acquitted The Post editor Chansa Kabwela of a charge of #distributing obscene material# for sending the vice-president photos of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park.
Abstract: A Lusaka court yesterday acquitted The Post editor Chansa Kabwela of a charge of #distributing obscene material# for sending the vice-president photos of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park during a strike by hospital staff. Judge Charles Kafunda dismissed the case on the grounds that there was no evidence that the photos would corrupt public morals.
#The judge took the right decision as the charges against Kabwela were ridiculous and baseless,# Reporters Without Borders said. #We non...
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