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Editor of Tamil weekly held for past 11 days on criminal defamation charge
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Publisher:  Reporters Without Borders
Date Written:  06/11/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Reporters Without Borders condemns journalist A.S. Mani’s detention in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu on a criminal defamation charge.

Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders condemns journalist A.S. Mani’s detention in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu on a criminal defamation charge. Mani, who edits the Tamil weekly Naveena Netrikkan, was arrested in the city of Chennai without arrest warrant, on 25 October, as a result of libel suit by a local businessman.

“Mani is the latest victim of Indian laws that criminalise defamation,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Misuse of the laws governing defamation and slander pose a permanent dange...
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