Sentences with phrase «of libel by»

Rachel Weisz plays Deborah E. Lipstadt who is accused of libel by David Irving (Timothy Spall).

SYNOPSIS: American academic Deborah Lipstadt is accused of libel by historian David Irving when she declares him a Holocaust denier.

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«So when Trump says he wants to «open up» libel law, he really means (if he has the slightest knowledge of the law) that he wants to open up — to change — the First Amendment, which, beginning in 1964, has been held to require in cases brought by public figures, proof that what was said was false, and that the newspaper knew or suspected that it was false.

That assertion netted her a libel claim by Lorenzo Tan, the former chief executive officer of RCBC, who also sued Deguito's lawyer.

He is being sued by Muscat for libel, which has raised concerns about whether Facebook suspended the account because of pressure from officials in Malta.

One of them, the gadfly lawyer and MP J.B. Jeyaretnam, was repeatedly sued for libel by Lee.

We do know that he was destroyed by what was presented to the public as second - hand information allegedly gained from eight women, seven of whom reportedly signed an agreement that they would testify in public if Adams had the temerity to sue the Seattle Times for libel.

A parallel can be found in a civil right as sacred as that of free speech, which can not be infringed but does suffer some regulation: pornography, fighting words, and libel are not protected from state law by the First Amendment.

These grotesque libels have been propounded as well by tenured radicals as though they were facts, and disseminated in «news» stories without editorial comment by left - wing journalists like Earl Caldwell of the New York Daily News.

But after a crazy week (in which I was accused of «libel» by WORLD magazine of all places), Driscoll issued a response that suggests the elders of Mars Hill Church heard our requests and spoke with Mark about the carelessness of his words.

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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.

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.»

The fact Starmer mentions Thomas» deletion of the message indicated that — as in a libel case — moves to delete and apologise for messages after they are posted will be recognised by prosecutors.

A Manhattan federal judge on Monday promised to decide by the end of August whether to let a libel suit by Sarah Palin against The New York Times proceed after hearing 90 minutes of arguments on the case.

A Brooklyn sex - crimes prosecutor accused of sexual assault by a reporter for the Daily News has fired back with a $ 10 million libel suit.

It added that the arm - twisting tactic was a panicky measure to divert attention from the criminal libel suit by the former governor against a member of the House, Dr Samuel Omotoso, and the governor's aide, Lere Olayinka, over allegations of fraud.

Christopher Jefferies, the Bristol landlord of a flat from which murdered 25 - year - old Joanna Yeates disappeared, who was libelled five years ago by the Sun, among other newspapers, said: «The proposed reappointment of Rebekah Brooks, who has never apologised to the victims of her negligent oversight, is yet another sign that we have a press industry that is largely unreformed, unrepentant and unwilling to understand that they have lost the public's trust.»

The plaintiffs are also seeking «damages, including aggravated damages for libel contained in the defendants» publications indorsed on the writ of summons by way of an attachment and particularized in paragraphs 5 and 6 above» and «cost, including lawyer's fees».

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.

Plans to reform Britain's arcane libel laws have been thrown into doubt after the House of Lords last night approved amendments introduced to the Defamation Bill by the film producer Lord Puttnam - Independent

«New York is the world's crossroads, so what happens out there — in this case, the U.K.'s libel tourism problem and its misuse by terrorism's apologists and facilitators — affects us here, and it's nice to know that our defense of free speech here in New York is likewise having an impact out there as pressure builds in the U.K. to cease being a haven for libel terrorists,» the assemblyman said.

Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, said: «The decision by Neil Hamilton and Ian Greer must be one of the most astonishing legal cave - ins in the history of the law of libel.»

She was giving evidence on day four of the libel trial brought by Mitchell against the Sun newspaper for its story on the row.

A recent survey by the charity Sense About Science revealed that more than 1 in 3 editors of scientific or medical journals have refused material for fear of a libel suit.

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.

British science writer Simon Singh has won an important appeal in his defense of a libel action by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA), which is suing Singh for calling certain chiropractic therapies «bogus» in a column.

So far, there's little evidence that scientific publishers have been seriously affected: None of 22 journals or journal publishers contacted by Science has rejected a research paper solely because of libel concerns, for example.

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.

After 2 years, the judge in that case denied a stay requested by Wakefield and wrote an opinion telling Wakefield's team they had to provide more evidence, suggesting that Wakefield «wishes to use the existence of the libel proceedings for public relations purposes.»

Dr. Ball could probably have saved himself the hassle and expense of these libel cases by simply apologising to Dr. Michael Mann (over his throw - away comment about belonging in «State Pen» (http://www.desmogblog.com/michael-mann-suing-tim-ball-libel) and Professor Andrew Weaver for his unfounded accusations (http://www.desmogblog.com/weaver-sues-tim-ball-libel).

Written by David Hare (The Reader) and directed by Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard, Temple Grandin), the film vigorously conveys the tense story of Lipstadt's legal battle with British historian David Irving, of whom she was accused of libel.

Rachel Weisz plays Deborah Lipstadt, a professor and historian who calls out British Holocaust - denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) and then is accused of libel and sued by him in the UK courts.

«Denial» (Mick Jackson) The 18 months of Rachel Weisz's improbable comeback continues with this courtroom drama centered on a libel case filed by Holocaust denier played by Timothy spall.

Courtroom drama from the director of The Bodyguard, starring Academy Award - winner Rachel Weisz as a writer being sued for libel by a renowned Holocaust denier (Timothy Spall)....

Written by David Hare and based on the book «History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier» by Professor Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University in Atlanta, Mick Jackson's Denial is an examination of Professor Lipstadt's (Rachel Weisz, «The Light Between Oceans») court battle in London to defend herself from a libel charge brought by British historian David Irving (Timothy Spall, «Mr. Turner»), a Holocaust denier and alleged anti-Semite.

I was almost as excited about «Denial,» a film about the true story of historian Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), an American sued for libel in British courts by David Irving (Timothy Spall), a British Holocaust denier who accused her of defamation.

The true - to - life story centers on the libel trial of American professor Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), who is sued by the British Hitler apologist David Irving (Timothy Spall) after she publishes a book that calls him a Holocaust denier.

Lipstadt, an American historian and professor (early in her career, she was a faculty member in the University of Washington's Jewish Studies department), was sued for libel in 1996 by British author and Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall).

Denial spends its first 20 minutes labouring under a rather clunky, wordy screenplay and some under - par performances, as we revisit the 1996 High Court drama that saw American academic Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) being sued for libel by the controversial historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) after she accused him of being a Holocaust denier.

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And if any of you are still brainwashed into thinking it unfair to unmask her in this manner, and still believe wrongly that what she does to people isn't unfair and over the line, then consider that firstly, everything in this thread goes to the constant pattern of libel, lying, distortions being committed by this woman Victoria Strauss, but not her main income or career.

(2) Authors who take the bait and respond to the libel in a review — hell, authors who make any response whatsoever to a review, no matter how civil or justified the response might be — deserve to be destroyed, and the whole Internet needs to know that this author is a walking well of excrement who does not deserve to be read by anyone.

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Why make yourself suspicious of neglect or maybe even libel by quoting anonymous sources without evidence, if you the necessary evidence to back your story?

Documented actions and interventions such as Gordon Matta - Clark's (1943 - 78) BB gun window blow out, Gianni Motti's (b. 1958) appearance at the VIP box of the French Open wearing an Abu Ghraib - style hood, and Chris Burden's (b. 1946) TV hijack, will be seen alongside works by Dan Colen (b. 1979) and Nate Lowman (b. 1979) whose hijacked landscapes have become vehicles for the slanders and libels of a malignant culture of pollution, racial slurs, and tarnished reputations.