Archive for March, 2009

Soap lesbian kiss censored

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Australia’s Seven Network has censored a lesbian kissing scene in soap opera Home and Away due to air tonight, after a number of complaints were received. 100,000 viewers have switched off ince the storyline started two weeks ago. Read more here

Lebedev to sue Forbes

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Evening Standard and Novaya Gazeta owner Alexander Lebedev is to sue Forbes magazine for libel after it claimed he had lost $2.5 billlion in the financial crisis. Read more here

Jenin youth orchestra disbanded after Holocaust survivor concert

Monday, March 30th, 2009

A youth orchestra from Jenin in the West Bank has been disbanded after its conductor arranged a concert for Holocaust survivors in Israel. Read more here

Australian ‘hacktivists’ attack classification website

Monday, March 30th, 2009

The Australian National Classification Board’s website was hacked into just before Senator Stephen Conroy went onto television to defended the government’s internet filtering scheme on 29 March. (more…)

Media alerts in lead up to G20 demonstrations

Friday, March 27th, 2009

As UK citizens prepare to exercise their freedom of expression at demonstrations during the upcoming week of the G20 summit, the media continues to warn of imminent riots, while most protest groups assert that violence will not be used. (more…)

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DPP to investigate MI5 over torture allegations

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, has announced that she has referred the case of UK resident Binyam Mohammed to the Director of Public Prosecutions. (more…)

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The slow death of freedom of expression

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

un_human_rights_councilThe United Nations Human Rights Council today passed a resolution aimed at restricting criticism of religion, or ‘religious defamation’. Roy W Brown examines why the UN is putting protection of ideas above freedom of expression
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This is legal blackmail

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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Britain’s libel laws are a malign force far beyond just celebrity journalism. Radical reform is overdue, writes
Jo Glanville
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