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Zim artist faces censorship trial

2010-08-31 21:20

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Earlier this year, police shut down Owen Maseko's exhibit depicting an armed uprising after Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 when civilians were crushed by troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe.

Attorney Lizwe Jamela said on Tuesday that Maseko has now been charged with displaying "false statements" prejudicial to the state and faces a fine or imprisonment. Jamela says the artist is not charged under censorship laws. He is expected to go to court mid-September.

The state censors' board on Monday declared the exhibit banned for obscenity and ethnic bias.

- AP

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