Zambian Editor Acquitted
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Published: November 21, 2009
Chansa and her husband, Henry Ngilanzi and family.
Zambian Editor Acquitted
By Adebayo Somuyiwa
The editor of a Zambian newspaper accused of disseminating pornography has been acquitted of all charges. Chansa Kabwela was arrested in July after distributing pictures of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park during a strike by health workers in Lusaka. The woman had allegedly been refused care at the hospital and her baby had died. Instead of publishing the images in her newspaper, the Post, Ms Kabwela sent them by email to government officials and other prominent figures to illustrate the effects of the strike and prompt officials to act. Media rights activists and international organisations around the world had condemned her arrest as an assault on press freedom.
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