Defamation

Moses Ali v Monitor Publications Ltd ((Civil Suit No.415 of 2002)) [2005] UGHC 6 (29 June 2005);

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This is a suit for defamation. The defendant ran a story about diabetic men being more prone to impotence with a full size photo of the plaintiff.

The plaintiff claims that the story was understood to mean by innuendo or otherwise that the plaintiff is overweight, obese and impotent. The defendant denied liability and admitted the publication, contended that it was not defamatory, was true in fact and was a fair comment.

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On whether there was defamation court held that a statement that a person may be a giant and to impute an unseen Achilles heel is no libel. There was no malice but literary mischief only and for a political leader this can do no harm to his reputation and an apology is all that is needed to tone down the editorial mischief.  Court added that the article was educative to the general public and

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