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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Photograph of PAN and TLRC meeting members courtesy of PEN International By Raymond Louw, PEN SA Vice-President The PAN meeting was held in advance of a meeting by the PEN International Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee under the title: In...
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London, 28 May 2015 The reinstatement of criminal defamation charges against Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais just days after similar charges were dropped by a court is a deeply worrying development and calls into question the independence of the...
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