An appellate court in California has affirmed dismissal of a defamation claim against a candidate for election to the board of a nonprofit radio station who had charged that termination of African-American employees was a form of “ethnic cleansing.” The Court said that the speech was protected under the state’s anti-SLAPP law, limiting Strategic Litigation Against Public Policy. ( Borgstrom v. Siegel, Ct. of App., CA, First Dist., Div. 1, No. A130331, 1/6/12 .)