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"To require truth in the context of publications relating to matters of public interest is excessive; (d) it should be sufficient if reasonable efforts have been made to ascertain the truth. With regards to opinions, it should be clear that only patently unreasonable views may qualify as defamatory."

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UNHRC: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (1999), para. 28(d)

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression (1999)

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The expression of an opinion or of a true statement may never constitute a valid claim of defamation.