appointed observers at a polling station for allegedly taking photographs of voters. They insist that they came to Zimbabwe on a tourist visit. Their lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said she expected them to be fined - not imprisoned - if they were found guilty of the immigration charge. They appeared in court wearing fresh, casual clothing Thursday, instead of being escorted by automatic weapon-touting prison officers, chained with leg-irons and wearing dirty khaki prison tunics and shorts during their week-long trial. Harndens' parents, Keith and Valerie Harnden from Exmouth in Devon, watched the proceedings through barred windows of the tiny office-turned-courtroom with several other onlookers. The law has been used to shut down four independent newspapers and to arrest scores of journalists since it came into force in 2002, but lawyers said not a single case has been successfully prosecuted. "The judgment is a blow to AIPPA and a victory to journalists, said Mtetwa. "It is a law that no civilized democracy should entertain having in its statutes. It is entirely anathema to freedom of speech. --More 2353 Local Time 2053 GMT
