Zimbabwe judge rejects paper's appeal

[Socialist Christian]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/11/13/zimbabwe.reut/


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HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) -- A Zimbabwe judge rejected an appeal from directors of a closed private daily newspaper on Thursday, saying it should not have published before obtaining a licence required under strict new media laws.

Harare Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe ordered four directors of Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) which publishes the Daily News, to appear in court on February 6, 2004, for a routine hearing pending a trial date.

The case against the Daily News -- Zimbabwe's largest independent daily and a frequent critic of President Robert Mugabe's government -- has thrown a spotlight on new media laws critics say are aimed at silencing Mugabe's opponents.

[VolcanoJen]

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