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Attack of the ‘rogue state’ libel laws…
Last week I wrote about the defensive measures being taken in the US to prevent Britain’s rapacious libel laws being used to undermine freedom of speech internationally. Now, via Craig Murray’s blog,...
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Free Jean-Claude Kavumbagu!
I’ve just heard that the Burundian journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu has been arrested on charges of “defaming” the country’s President, Pierre Nkurunziza. Jean-Claude, the director of the ‘Netpress’...
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UK trade unions condemn restrictions on press freedom and civil liberties
The UK Trade Unions Congress has endorsed a motion by the National Union of Journalists expressing ‘grave concern’ over the erosion of civil liberties in the UK, and the effect that this is having on...
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AIDS quack Matthias Rath’s Guardian libel suit backfires badly
In “Don’t Get Fooled Again” I highlight the case of Matthias Rath, the German vitamin salesman who has urged HIV sufferers, most notoriously in South Africa, to stop taking real medicines and use...
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Sceptic of the week: Craig Murray (again)
It looks there may be some interesting things going on over at Craig Murray’s website shortly… Update to follow!
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Murray claims victory in phoney libel war with Aegis tycoon…
From Craig Murray’s website After just two days, a Google search on the precise phrase “The Catholic Orangemen of Togo“ brings up 1,810 hits. A great many of these lead to a free download of the book....
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Nick Cohen on the Simon Singh Chiroquack libel farce…
From The Observer: This week, Simon Singh, one of Britain’s best science writers, will decide whether to carry on playing a devilish version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? He has already lost...
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Chiropractic treatment found to be ineffective against panic and jitteriness
Following the British Chiropractic Association’s ill-advised attempt to use the UK’s notoriously dysfunctional libel laws against the writer Simon Singh, pro-science campaigners have been taking a...
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Guardian editor accuses Carter-Ruck of “prolonged campaign of legal harassment”
From www.parliament.uk Culture Media and Sports Committee: Further written evidence from Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian …Along with others of the European media and the BBC, we have recently been...
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Ex-Director of Public Prosecutions brands UK libel law an international disgrace
Cross-posted from Amnesty blogs I’m just back from the launch of a gobsmacking new report by Index and English PEN, highlighting the abuse of the UK libel system by rich individuals and corporations...
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Support the Libel Reform campaign – Free speech is not for sale!
Click here to support the campaign for freedom of speech in the UK England’s libel laws are unjust, against the public interest and internationally criticised – there is urgent need for reform. Freedom...
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And the industry lobbying campaign against libel cost reform plans is led by…...
*Help defend freedom of speech in the UK – sign the petition for libel reform* Who’s for a flashmob? Earlier this month, Justice Secretary Jack Straw confirmed plans to tackle the notoriously high...
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V for Vendetta: “Don’t Get Fooled Again” cited in UK High Court defamation...
Click here to support the campaign for Libel Reform. From the UK High Court, case HQ09X02688 (published by 5RB), March 2010: THE CLAIM 2. Professor Bridle, who is the managing director of the Second...
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Libel abusers seek to tighten their grip as government mulls reform
From the misguided threats against Labour activist Sally Bercow by the right-wing lobby group Migration Watch, to the renewed attacks on cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst by the controversial multinational...
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