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| Africa: Southern |
| Zimbabwe seeks new ban on paper |
| 2004-01-23 |
| Zimbabwe’s High Court is due to hear the first of two government requests to stop the only privately-owned newspaper from publishing later on Friday. This is due to be heard at 1430 GMT on Friday, she said, while Information Minister Jonathan Moyo had filed a separate application seeking to have the paper declared illegal for using unaccredited journalists. The government has accused the Daily News and other privately-owned papers of being biased in favour of the opposition. Ms Moyo said the government had never explained to the courts why it was in the public interest to close the paper. Mugabe seems adamant about silencing dissent. It’s summer down there but there’s "like this chill wind blowing through the place." |
| Posted by:Super Hose |