Ben Freeth

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Who is Ben Freeth?

Benjamin "Ben" Freeth, MBE is a British-born white Zimbabwean farmer and human rights activist from the district of Chegutu in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. Together with his father-in-law, Mike Campbell, he rose to international prominence after 2008 for suing the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for violating rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe. Freeth and Campbell's lawsuit against the Mugabe regime – the case of Mike Campbell Ltd and Others v Republic of Zimbabwe – was chronicled in the award-winning 2009 documentary film Mugabe and the White African.

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  • Royal Agricultural College

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on July 23, 2013

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