Gays and Lesbians Association lose case against a Zimbabwean daily newspaper

The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe media complaints council has dismissed a complaint by the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe against NewsDay saying the paper did no breach its code of conduct.

The Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe had complained to the VMCZ after the paper carried a story headlined Gays and lesbians angry at Mugabe in April last year.

The story was based on a Galz statement released after President Mugabe attacked homosexuals at the burial of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director general Mernard Muzariri describing them as filthy.

Galz said it was not happy with the use of the anger, which was in the headline for the story.

The Media Complaints Committee in assessing the case resolved that headlines are cast from the body of the story and they can be a summary reflection of the whole story, without actually using exact words contained in the Press statement, read a statement signed by the chairman of the committee Retired Justice Leslie George Smith.

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