Posts Tagged ‘law’

Libel reform: a final push

October 19th, 2011

As Parliament takes a significant step in its slow removal of the UK’s pariah status on defamation, John Kampfner describes the progress on libel reform
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Libel reform campaign responds to parliamentary committee findings

October 19th, 2011

The Libel Reform Campaign is calling for the government to honour manifesto promises for a defamation bill with a strong public interest defence to protect authors, bloggers, scientists, academics and NGOs
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Courts and controversy

August 31st, 2011

Brian Cathcart The UK press may show more restraint in reporting of high-profile cases if contempt laws are vigorously enforced, says Brian Cathcart
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Joint letter to Home Secretary on social media blackouts

August 25th, 2011

As Twitter, Facebook and Research in Motion prepare to meet the Home Secretary, Index on Censorship and other human and digital rights campaigners ask to be included in discussions on social media blackouts

Joint Letter to Home Secretary

Four-year jail terms for Facebook riot posts

August 17th, 2011

Jordan Blackshaw Perry Sutcliffe Keenan Facebook jail Two men  jailed for four years over Facebook messages inciting disorder — their cases spark criticism of  ”disproportionate” sentences. Sara Yasin reports
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Britain: Billionaire battleground

May 26th, 2011

A US-based billionaire is using English courts to force American online publishers to expose the identity of users. Judith Townend reports

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Should press be gagged when reporting parliament?

May 20th, 2011

Judith TownendThe position of the media reporting parliamentary injunction breaches is “astonishingly unclear”  says Lord Neuberger. Judith Townend reports (more…)

Report: Superinjunctions, anonymised injunctions and open justice

May 20th, 2011

Responding to the Master of the Rolls’ report on the use of superinjunctions, Jo Glanville, Editor of Index on Censorship said:

Lord Neuberger’s recommendations will bring much needed clarity to the use of injunctions. There has been a widespread perception that the courts have increasingly undermined open justice and free speech in favour of privacy.

The proposals in this report will go some way towards correcting the imbalance by providing clear guidelines, reaffirming the fundamental principles of open justice and freedom of expression, and offering for the first time a mechanism for monitoring the use of injunctions.

Super Injunction Report 20052011