By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSALUSAKA businessman Diego Casilli has been denied an interim injunction to stop Daily Nation Newspaper from publishing any articles about him.Lusaka High Court Judge, Mwaka Mikalile, noted that the grant of an injunction would favour the interest of Mr Casilli while denying Daily Nation the freedom of expression.In this matter, Mr Casilli sued the Daily Nation seeking damages for defamation of character for a story published that he was spearheading a Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT) initiative for the August 12 elections. Mr Casilli, of Italian origin and consul general for Belgium, felt that the story, which followed complaints that he was inappropriately involved in local PVT, defamed him.He claimed that the article published on July 20, this year on front page titled “Hijacked PVT sparks uproar” was malicious.He wants the Lusaka High Court to grant him a permanent injunction preventing the newspaper from publishing any articles on him.He is also demanding damages for […]
CASILLI’S QUEST FOR INJUNCTION AGAINST DAILY NATION FAILS
