Features 2010
8 December 2010
International
U.K. libel reform group puts out libel guide for bloggers
Picture this: someone writes, emails or phones you to say that something you wrote on your blog is libellous and is threatening to sue. Do you take it seriously? Do you take down your material? Do you say you're sorry? Or do you face your nemesis in court? The independent charitable trust Sense About Science has put together a guide entitled "So you've had a threatening letter. What can you do?"
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1 May 2012
IFEX Member Campaigns
BAHRAIN: One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
One hundred organisations appeal to authorities to release human rights activists in Bahrain from prison. They include Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member BCHR, his daughter Zaynab Al-Khawaja, and Nabeel Rajab, President of BCHR. Al-Khawaja’s life is at risk after more than three months on hunger strike.
18 May 2012 ETHIOPIA: Obama should raise press freedom in Africa food talks, says CPJ Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's government downplays food crises by denying journalists access to sensitive areas and censoring independent coverage.
23 May 2012 PAKISTAN: Call for revision of National Human Rights Commission law President Asif Ali Zardari should not sign the bill until it is revised to authorise investigations of the military and the intelligence agencies for human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said.
23 May 2012 AZERBAIJAN: Eurovision must shine light on mistreatment of journalists, says IFJ Journalists and broadcasters descending upon Baku to report on Eurovision should also focus the media spotlight on the host’s treatment of their Azeri colleagues, says IFJ secretary-general.
23 May 2012
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