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The Apprentice star and multi-millionaire’s pursuit of journalist Quentin Letts is yet another example of how England’s defamation laws favour the rich and powerful, says Toby Young
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Agnès Callamard
Canadian-Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari was among over 100 protestors, activists and journalists who appeared in court in Iran on Saturday, 1 August. Index on Censorship has been campaigning for his release with Newsweek, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Maziar Bahari has not been allowed to see a lawyer since his detention on 21 June
Science writer Simon Singh has been refused leave to appeal Mr Justice Eady’s decision on meaning in his libel case against the British Chiropractic Association (BCA)
Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters are not optimistic about the verdict in her trial for breaching the conditions of house arrest, writes Nem Davies
Richard Desmond’s attempt to sue an investigative journalist merely highlighted the weaknesses of English defamation law, says
David Allen Green
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AllAfrica.com’s Brian Kennedy examines the Gambian president’s ongoing assault on press freedom after the recent arrest of eight opposition journalists