No.2 / 2009

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DISPATCHES

TIANANMEN REMEMBERED
Wang Dan and Xinran:
The legacy of 1989. Preview here

OUT OF EXILE
Liu Hongbin:
Memory and the journey home

VANILLA BEEB
Naomi Gryn:
Has the BBC lost its nerve?

THE BIG CHILL

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
Floyd Abrams:
UK libel law through US eyes

A MATTER OF HONOUR
Lawrence McNamara:
Reputation in the balance

LAW WARP
Alastair Brett:
Arcane legislation rules online

Martin Rowson: Stripsearch

PRIVATE LIVES
Joshua Rozenberg:
Is privacy the new libel?

IN GOD’S NAME
Miklos Haraszti:
Religious defamation’s crusaders

WORDS WITH WORDS
Salil Tripathi:
A story of intimidation with Kolkata

LIBEL LIBEL
A round-up of defamation cases

LIBEL TOURS
Michael Griffin:
Commonwealth compromise

THE PRESS STRIKES BACK
Harry Roque:
Journalists in the Phillipines stand up to libel

THAI TRAVAILS
Sinfah Tunsarawuth:
There’s little will for reform in Thailand

FREEDOM FROM FEAR
Ilia Dohel:
The threat of imprisonment is the norm

GLOBAL SNAPSHOT
Oliver Spencer:
A survey of defamation