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Geoff Nyarota, editor-in-chief of The Daily News, filed a Z$6 million lawsuit against Information Minister Jonathan Moyo for defamation in July 2002.

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The trial of Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota and his reporter Lloyd Mudiwa was referred to the Supreme Court after their lawyers said the case raised serious constitutional issues.

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The trial of Daily News reporter Lloyd Mudiwa, who was charged with publishing falsehoods after his report that a woman was supposedly beheaded by Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front supporters, was postponed.

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The editor of the Standard Bornwell Chakaodza set a new record when he was arrested three times in one week. He was arrested on 16, 22 and 23 May 2002.

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The editor of the Daily News Geoff Nyarota was arrested again; the second time in five weeks, and charged with publishing falsehoods.

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Geoff Nyarota, editor-in-chief of the Daily News, was picked up by the police on allegations of publishing a false news item on the outcome of the March 2002 presidential poll but was released on the same day.

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Information Minister Jonathan Moyo threatened to invoke the recently passed Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act against the Daily News editor-in-chief Geoff Nyarota for “continued misrepresentation”.

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Charges against Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota and his business partner Wilf Mbanga were dismissed for lack of evidence.

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Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota who had been arrested with his business partner Wilf Mbanga was released on bail but was allowed to travel to New York to collect his award for courage in journalism.

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Geoff Nyarota was one of Zimbabwe’s most celebrated journalists until something went wrong at the newspaper that he had started- The Daily News. The newspaper lives on, having been shut down for seven years, but without him. There are about 20 Wikileaks cables on him.

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