Tesco has dropped its legal action against the Guardian after the newspaper published a front-page apology and assented to paying Tesco’s damages to a charity of its choice, as well as its costs.
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Amare Aregawi, editor for Ethiopian weekly the Reporter, was arrested on 22 August in connection with a libel case lodged by the Dashen brewery in Gondar. (more…)
Today’s apology to Salman Rushdie in the high court could take the chill off future defamation cases. Index on Censorship reports
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Journalist Mohamed Ould Abdelatif and publisher Mohamed Nema Oumar were arrested on 21 July, accused of libelling three judges. The arrests followed an article in the privately owned Arabic weekly al Hurriya about criminal appeal judges accepting bribes for the release of alleged drug traffickers. The article also claimed the judges were ‘known for their great experience of corruption’. It is the latest in a series of arrests of journalists where the media regulator’s authority was bypassed. (more…)