By Nick Mulgrew PEN South Africa[1] – together with colleagues from PEN International[2], PEN Nigeria[3], PEN Uganda[4], the Press Council of South Africa[5] and attorney Simon Delaney – recently attended the Sitting of the Permanent Committees of the Pan-African Parliament...
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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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