Zambia 'porn' reporter acquitted

[ccharles000]

A Zambian journalist has been acquitted of pornography charges after sending officials pictures of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park.

The incident happened during a nurses' strike and the baby died. Zambian President Rupiah Banda had described the photos as pornographic.

Chansa Kabwela said she had sent them in protest at the effects of the strike that paralysed the country's hospitals.

She would have faced a five-year jail sentence if convicted.

But the magistrate in the case said he had heard nothing to indicate that the photographs were obscene.

Outside the court, Ms Kabwela - who is news editor for The Post newspaper - described the verdict as a victory for everyone affected by the strike.

"This victory to me is a victory for those that suffered during the strike," she said, quoted by South Africa's Sapa news agency.

"I was confident that I would be acquitted."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8362853.stm

[chollybocker]

1. Images of childbirth = pornography?

President Banda needs his head examined.

[ccharles000]

4. yup

[valerief]

2. Sounds more like the US instead of Africa. nt

[Zywiec]

3. Sorry, nobody here is outraged

since any nudity is considered porn.