“Straws in the wind” show hope for repeal of seditious libel
The UK parliament edged a step closer to repealing the archaic crimes of seditious libel and criminal defamation yesterday, as the House of Lords debated the government’s Coroners and Justice Bill on...
View ArticleBanish the libel chill
Friend of Index Allen Green has a great piece on libel reform over at CiF: “The effect of libel chill is that the public do not have access to information that would properly inform their...
View ArticleTony Harrison and Zarganar share PEN/Pinter Prize
A inspiring evening at the British Museum on 14 October, hosted by writers’ charity English PEN, where the poet, playwright and classicist Tony Harrison was presented with the inaugural PEN/Pinter...
View ArticleThe Times backs libel reform
A leader in today’s Times lends its support to Index on Censorship and English PEN‘s libel reform campaign: Libel law reflects a balance between the right of the public to information and the right to...
View ArticleDominic Grieve: “I’m sure there is a problem”
This morning’s Today programme featured Tracey Brown of Sense About Science (a valued partner organisation in the Libel Reform Campaign), cardiologist and libel tourism victim Peter Wilmshurst, and...
View ArticleLibel in the spotlight
Today’s Media Guardian leads with an extract from journalist Tom Bower’s submission to the culture, media and sport committee/ The piece is accompanied by an analysis of the prospects for change —...
View ArticleEngaging with libel reform
Jack of Kent has posted a blog about the campaign to reform English libel laws launched this week by Index on Censorship, English Pen and Sense about Science. He writes: “England’s libel law is...
View ArticleBlair memoirs censorship row
On Tuesday the Guardian ran a letter urging Waterstone’s to cancel its book-signing on 8 September for Tony Blair‘s memoirs. Iain Banks, AL Kennedy, Moazzem Begg, John Pilger, Michael Nyman and others...
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Libel Reform Campaign launches bloggers’ guide
Libel Reform Campaign has today published a new guide about libel laws for bloggers. The guide, entitled ‘So you’ve had a threatening letter. What can you do?’ is published by Index on Censorship in...
View ArticleIndex launches Alternative Libel Project
England’s libel laws have turned the country into “liberty’s enemy”, Observer columnist and author of You Can’t Read This Book Nick Cohen said at last night’s launch of Index and English PEN’s final...
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