[Imc-kenya] Kenya - Hidden Request - Defamatory Posting

[Pim VDP]

Hi,

I've put these articles and other worldwide spam on hidden. Unless someone from Kenya overrules this decision in the near future they ill stay hidden. The articles are hardly relevant for imc Kenya anyway.

Take care,
Pim.

--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Joshua A. Ridless <jr at ridlesslaw.com> wrote:

> From: Joshua A. Ridless <jr at ridlesslaw.com>
> Subject: [Imc-kenya] Kenya - Hidden Request - Defamatory Posting
> To: imc-kenya at lists.indymedia.org
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 7:28 AM
> Dear Kenya IMC Editor,
> 
> I am writing regarding the postings found on your site
> located at the links
> below:
> http://kenya.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/2004.php
> 
> http://kenya.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/1993.php
> 
> This postings relates to defamatory, untrue and offensive
> statements about
> myself, which do not constitute protected free speech. 
> Further, the author
> has been posting this same defamatory content on nearly
> every affiliate IMC
> website.  In this respect, this posting violates IMC's
> posting policies in
> terms of duplicative postings.
> 
> I also believe the postings violate the following excerpts
> of your policies:
> 
> Rants (ie. poorly written conspiracy and national opinion
> pieces) that are
> cross-posted to various IMCs and of no relevance to central
> Ohio will be
> hidden.
> 
> Hate speech and demeaning or oppressive comments will be
> hidden.
> 
> If you are reposting an article from another source and
> don't utilize the
> link feature in the article, then the article may be
> hidden.
> 
> While I have attempted to contact the poster directly, the
> poster refuses to
> communicate with me and resides in Guatemala, so is
> effectively judgment
> proof.
> 
> Various IMC affiliates have cooperated in removing these
> posts as a
> violation of policy.  I would greatly appreciate it if you
> would do the
> same.  Please don't hesitate to contact me with any
> questions.
> 
> Thank you,
> Josh
> 
> Joshua A. Ridless
> 244 California Street, Suite 300
> San Francisco, CA 94111-4311
> TEL (415) 614-2600
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> 
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