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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
No charge in Ian Tomlinson death
The Crown Prosecution Service has said there is no charge to answer in the case of a newspaper vendor who died during G20 protests in London. Leah Borromeo disagrees
Plus: Download a timeline of events on the day of Ian Tomlinson’s death
Sally Laird 1956 – 2010
Former Index on Censorship editor Sally Laird died recently after a long battle with cancer. Here, Robert Chandler appreciates an extraordinary translator and journalist
Jon Gaunt has a right to be offensive
The High Court ruling against the controversial disc jockey acknowledged Jon Gaunt’s right to free speech, but failed to uphold it, says Liberty’s Corinna Ferguson
Libel lawyer to sue Press Complaints Commission
Solicitor Mark Lewis has issued a libel writ against the Press Complaints Commission. Lewis, a highly-regarded defamation lawyer, claims the PCC libelled him, after evidence he gave to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee concerning the...
Why has the left become so illiberal?
Has the left lost its way on liberties? Or has it always had an authoritarian streak? Francesca Klug asks how we reconcile equality with liberty
Sky’s the limit
Fears of a Murdoch monopoly should Sky and News International merge are not based on reality, says Leah Borromeo
Free Eynulla Fatullayev
Rights campaigners in London protest against continued persecution of jailed editor
Lester libel bill published
Response from the Libel Reform Campaign to Lord Lester of Herne Hill’s Private Member’s Defamation Bill
Lord Triesman and the ethics of clandestine recording
As the Mail on Sunday continues to take criticism for reporting the taped conversations of the FA chief, Brian Cathcart asks if it’s ever right to secretly record private conversations