Sentences with phrase «libel laws on»
As Adam Cohen describes in this New York Times story, because the Internet disseminates material published in the United States worldwide, authors and journalists otherwise protected by the First Amendment are finding themselves dragged within the purview of the more restrictive libel laws on the books in other countries.
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A statement issued by Nana Ato Dadzie and George Loh, lawyers for the three, said the sentence was «harsh and excessive», adding: «We also do not believe that citizens of Ghana ought to be committed to prison for infractions on free expression especially in light of the repeal of the criminal libel law.
Under current law, a libel can be issued in Britain if someone viewed an article on a website from the UK, regardless of where the website is based.
The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»
To commit citizens of Ghana to jail on account of what they have said at a time when democratic societies are moving away from such a practice would appear to roll back all the gains made since the repeal of the criminal libel law.
Sunder - on your final point, PEN and Index on Censorship are about to publish the report in our inquiry into libel laws.
It would be great if we could develop a cross-party consensus on libel law reform.
A state law co-authored by state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D - Fresh Meadows) protecting journalists who report on terrorism from libel lawsuits in other countries that has since become federal law is now gaining traction across the pond.
I know there are some who take issue with the media on several fronts, and even go so far as to criticise me for my part in the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law, for it made the media «too free».
No fewer than five police vans, scores of armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services were deplored in the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday to forestall the breakdown of law and order as the libel suit filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, against an online medium, SaharaReporters, and its publisher, Omoyele Sowore, came up for hearing.
This was the sort of case which showed up exactly how inadequate our libel laws are when confronted with rumour - mongering of this scale on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
The long - overdue reform of English libel law and its chilling effect on free speech has begun, but the battle isn't won yet, warns Simon Singh
Last month, however, after two years of campaigning by scientists and free speech activists, the UK government published a draft defamation bill, the first step on the road to reforming English libel law.
The long - overdue reform of English libel law and its chilling effect on free speech has begun, but the battle isn't won yet
Several high - profile lawsuits have prompted prominent researchers and U.K. groups such as Index on Censorship and Sense about Science to complain that U.K. libel laws — and the high costs of defending a libel action — are forcing researchers and scientific journals to censor or edit academic material.
In an earlier report on 10 December, the The Times noted how Britain's libel laws were also influencing the decisions of scientific journals, quoting British Medical Journal Editor Fiona Godlee:
As bloggers have noted, this case will be one of the first tests of a new Texas law designed to discourage capricious libel suits by putting the burden on the plaintiff (Wakefield in this case) to prove that the defendants» speech has caused damage before the suit can go forward.
He brought the suit [in Britain] because British libel law puts the burden on the defendants — in this case, Ms. Lipstadt and Penguin — to prove the truth of their assertions.
«English libel law is so intimidating, so expensive, so hostile to serious journalists that it has a chilling effect on all areas of debate, silencing scientists, journalists, bloggers, human rights activists and everyone else who dares to tackle serious matters of public interest.»
When one steps outside the bounds of civility and collegiality, descending into hyperbolic rant, name - calling and unsupportable accusations, one opens themselves to receiving the same back again, and to the force of laws on libel and slander.
He was in the news again this week for being named the defendant in a libel suit by Joanne St. Lewis, a law professor at UofO, over a blog post on Rancourt's site, UofO Watch.
On the flip side, suppose I report «Mr. Caswell is the Creeper and Bank Robber», prior to Caswell receiving a guilty verdict in a court of law, I am committing libel.
Interestingly, we also have specific protection against foreign libel judgments, so I'll just be focusing on American law.
Isabel Hudson, associate and specialist in libel and privacy law at Carter - Ruck, says: «The case serves as a reminder that it's not just the press who can find themselves on the receiving end of a libel or privacy claim.
In addition to his court appearances, John has written extensively on public law for the UK and South African jurisdictions, and published a number of journal articles on libel.
Anyone interested in reading further about Canada's blasphemy law should definitely check out Jeremy Patrick's excellent paper Not Dead, Just Sleeping: Canada's Prohibition on Blasphemous Libel as a Case Study in Obsolete Legislation, which is available here.
A libel case, like all lawsuits, involves the government's judicial branch using its coercive power to make you pay money as a result of your speech, based on a law requiring you to pay money for certain kinds of speech.
Through a series of meetings and presentations, we will share perspectives on libel and defamation law, media access to judges and court proceedings, media coverage of court proceedings and other issues of common interest.
The case gives rise to a number of interesting libel law questions and casts doubt on the appropriateness of a proposed new «public interest defence».
President Trump has been vocal about his disdain for the press, vowing to toughen libel laws and crack down on so - called fake news.
How would I feel about a client seeing me breaking bread with the same prosecutor or cop who is trying to get my client locked up, particularly in instances where I feel the prosecution is based on false evidence, an effort to obtain a disproportionately severe sentence, or a law that I feel should be stricken or heavily decriminalized in the first place (e.g., I want the legalization of marijuana, prostitution, gambling, criminal libel and obscenity and the heavy decriminalization of all other drugs)?
Officials in the Centennial State quickly erased the law after the District Attorney's office was forced to shell out about $ 425,000 on account of a criminal libel warrant gone terribly wrong.
Though the Supreme Court of the United States has not banned criminal defamation statutes on a federal level, in Garrison v. Louisiana, the court strongly suggested that those types of slander and libel laws had no place in modern society.
... I am unable to accept that under English law, a claimant in a libel action on an internet publication is entitled to rely upon a presumption of law that there has been substantial publication.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Legislation to Repeal Canada's Blasphemy Law Applauded by National Secularist Organization TORONTO, ON --(Marketwired — June 08, 2017)-- The Canadian Secular Alliance (CSA) applauds the government's legislation to repeal Section 296 (blasphemous libel) from the Canadian Criminal -LSB-...]
As one of the first law firms to concentrate on Internet defamation law and online trade libel, Kelly / Warner lawyers have successfully handled hundreds of online libel matters — both domestic and international.
We reported last year on how the sheriff of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, relying on the state's old and constitutionally infirm criminal - libel law, had raided the house and seized the computers of a local man suspected of being responsible for a gadfly blog that had criticized the sheriff and other community figures.
«I think that the sealing order is incorrect under Washington law and under the First Amendment,» said Volokh, who's known as an authority on free speech issues and recently intervened to unseal a libel case in Nevada.
The employers» organizations began to act on this and from the 1830s the state entered into protracted negotiations with the industry of the laws of libel.
It is also concerning to think that it might join that long list of situations where lawyers have been used in a way that has retarded debate on important health issues (such as, in extremis, this memorable episode when a High Court judge criticised Andrew Wakefield for trying to use libel law to silence his critics).
Does the Act «reverse the chilling effect on freedom of expression of current libel law» or is it damp squib which will make defamation cases more complex?
That's an important step on the path to bring British libel law in line with basic principles of free speech and common sense that all blawgers should be happy to see.
Romanova v Sloutsker: for the appellant Russian journalist on behalf of Media Law Defence Initiative in her challenge to Court of Appeal against jurisdiction judgment -LRB-[2015] EWHC 545 (QB)-RRB- permitting the libel claim of a Russian oligarch to be brought in the English courts.
Julian Porter QC acted for Toronto Life: a libel law legend, author of the wonderfully lucid «Libel: a Handbook for Canadian Publishers, Editors, and Writers» and occasional commentator on Libel and Social Mlibel law legend, author of the wonderfully lucid «Libel: a Handbook for Canadian Publishers, Editors, and Writers» and occasional commentator on Libel and Social MLibel: a Handbook for Canadian Publishers, Editors, and Writers» and occasional commentator on Libel and Social MLibel and Social Media.
University of Ottawa law professor Joanne St. Lewis sued former Ottawa physics professor Denis Rancourt for $ 1 million for libel after he called her a «house negro» on his U of O Watch blog.
The Bill, which had its first reading last week, seeks to answer concerns that the current law on libel is costly, vague and uncertain, and is stifling debate by encouraging self - censorship.
University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist says Canadian bloggers need to be aware that by effectively becoming publishers, they are subject to the laws on defamation and libel.
The law penalizes falsely soiling a person's reputation, but it is (rarely and slimly) possible that a person's reputation is already so soiled that no further damage can be done, see for instance Jackson v. Longcope, 394 Mass. 577 and references therein on libel - proof plaintiffs.
Mr Justice Eady, the most senior libel judge in England and Wales, sat on the Calcutt committee in 1990 which considered the introduction of a privacy law.