A new report by PEN has found that many governments in Africa retain criminal defamation laws that make it a crime to say, write or publish anything that they consider defamatory or insulting. The result is a restriction of freedom...
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By Raymond Louw, PEN SA Vice-President This opinion piece was originally published by Business Day. It reflects on the findings of a PEN report entitled Stifling Dissent Impeding Accountability Criminal Defamation Laws in Africa that was launched today, which looks...
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By Raymond Louw, Vice President, SA PEN Centre South Africa successfully put forward a resolution and had it adopted by the 200 delegates from the 70 PEN Centres (out of the 144 centres in 101 countries) at the PEN International...
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