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United Kingdom / Kenya

Kenya: Draft Campaign Financing Bill

Kenya: Draft Campaign Financing Bill

United Kingdom

Every step you take, every move you make: The British government's new plans for mass surveillance

The Coalition Agreement that formed the current government clearly stated that IMP-style mass surveillance of the British public was unacceptable, but now the old policy seems to have risen from the grave as the innocuously-named Communications Capabilities Development Programme.

United Kingdom

IFJ joins protest against threat to confidentiality of sources from police

The Metropolitan Police are considering invoking the Official Secrets Acts to force journalists to reveal their sources.

United Kingdom

Blanket ban on marches in six London boroughs violates freedom of speech, says ARTICLE 19

The 30-day ban applies to any organisation planning to march in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Islington and the City.

United Kingdom

BlackBerry cooperation with police sparks concern over targeting of social networks

The provision of personal data to the police sets a disturbing precedent in a western country and could have significant consequences in terms of setting an example for other governments, says RSF.

United Kingdom

IFJ welcomes inquiries into media ethics after closure of scandal-ridden tabloid

Trust in journalism cannot survive unless illegal practices involving corruption and violation of people's privacy are stamped out for good, says IFJ.

United Kingdom

Panel review calls for limits on "super-injunctions"

The review, chaired by the most senior civil law judge in the UK, provides new procedures on how to balance open justice and the right to privacy.

Australia / United Kingdom

BBC and APTN block satire of royal wedding

"This interference with Australian broadcasting sends the wrong message to many countries where the right to caricature is constantly denied," RSF said.

United Kingdom

Government aims to "give people's freedom back" in 2011

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the coalition government's programme to restore civil liberties, including free expression and the right to information.

United Kingdom

Broadcaster banned from police press conference after criticising murder inquiry

Britain's ITV News criticised the police's handling of an investigation into the murder of a landscape architect whose body was found on the outskirts of Bristol in December 2010.

United Kingdom

Order to shut down police monitoring website illegal, says ARTICLE 19

The hosting company for the Fitwatch website was contacted by a police inspector who demanded that the site be taken down.

Colombia / United Kingdom

Another journalist denied visa by western government

Claudia Julieta Duque has been hounded by her country's intelligence services for years.

United States / United Kingdom

Freedom House applauds US law combatting "libel tourism"

At the same time, Freedom House urged England and other countries with weak libel protections to reform their laws and prevent "libel tourism" lawsuits.

United Kingdom

Coalition government promises major reforms for freedom of expression and information

The new government has published its "Programme for Government" plan, which includes commitments to a number of reforms that will impact on freedom of expression and freedom of information.

United Kingdom

Supreme Court reaffirms open justice principle and orders identification of terror suspects

Decision "sets an important precedent for open justice," says ARTICLE 19.

United Kingdom / Western Europe

IFJ welcomes "landmark" victory for media freedom

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that powers to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion violate provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights.

United Kingdom

Defamation decriminalised

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the decriminalisation of defamation and calls on the government to maintain its leadership by reforming the UK's infamous civil defamation legislation.

United Kingdom

Government begins decriminalisation of defamation, concerns remain for Northern Ireland

ARTICLE 19, English PEN and Index on Censorship emain concerned that the proposed amendments do not abolish the offence of "blasphemous libel" in Northern Ireland.

United Kingdom

Gag on UK's "Guardian" newspaper lifted

Injunction prevents newspaper from reporting on alleged toxic waste issue. Subsequent ban briefly prevents coverage of MP's question about the injunction.

United Kingdom

ARTICLE 19 in landmark open justice and right to know case

ARTICLE 19 and other media and civil liberties organisations are calling for identification of the appellants in an anti-terrorism case.

United Kingdom

Government to decriminalise defamation

The government of the United Kingdom has formally committed to decriminalising defamation by doing away with the common law offences of sedition, seditious libel and defamatory libel.

United Kingdom

IFJ condemns new attack on journalists' sources

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the secrecy of a preliminary hearing at a court in Belfast dealing with an application submitted by the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) to force Belfast journalist Suzanne Breen to hand over confidential material.

United Kingdom

Secret inquests threaten accountability, says Human Rights Watch

UK: Secret Inquests Threaten Accountability

United Kingdom

Criminal libel laws need to be repealed, says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 20 March 2009 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Photojournalists protest increased restrictions as amendments to Counter Terrorism Act come into force

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 February 2009 media release from the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ regional group:

United Kingdom

Dutch politician and filmmaker Geert Wilders banned from travelling to United Kingdom as a result of his controversial film "Fitna"

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Twenty years after fatwa was pronounced against writer Salman Rushdie, freedom of expression remains threatened, says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 7 February 2009 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

ARTICLE 19 provides submission to inquiry into press standards, libel and privacy laws

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 19 January 2009 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Journalist wins court fight over protection of sources

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 December 2008 IFJ media release:

United Kingdom / Thailand

Journalist settles multi-million libel suit with retail giant Tesco

(SEAPA/IFEX) - A Thai journalist facing a multi-million Baht libel suit filed by Tesco Lotus has reached an agreement with the retail giant to settle the case, media reports said.

United Kingdom / Somalia

IFJ welcomes court action over killing of BBC journalist

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 27 November 2008 IFJ media release:

United Kingdom / Greece

IPA condemns politically-motivated attacks on book publishers, bookshops in Athens, attempted firebombing of London-based publishing house

(IPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint IPA and International Booksellers Federation (IBF) press release:

United Kingdom

CAPSULE REPORT: UN Human Rights Committee finds excessive constraints on freedom of expression

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 15 August 2008 ARTICLE 19 capsule report:

United Kingdom

Government imposes restrictions on right of former diplomats to freedom of speech

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

IPI disappointed at High Court decision forcing journalist to hand over confidential source material

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 1 July 2008 IPI press release:

United Kingdom / International

CAPSULE REPORT: "Libel tourism" a growing threat to free speech, say ARTICLE 19 and Freedom House

(ARTICLE 19/ Freedom House/IFEX) - The following is a 21 May 2008 joint press release by ARTICLE 19 and Freedom House:

United Kingdom / Thailand

Giant retail company's legal action against newspapers "harassment, pure and simple," says SEAPA

(SEAPA/IFEX) - Tesco Lotus, one of the biggest retailers in Thailand, has filed another defamation suit against a Thai columnist, following through on a trend that has got the country's journalists and media on edge.

United Kingdom

House of Lords votes to abolish common law crimes of blasphemy and blasphemous libel

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 6 March 2008 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

ARTICLE 19 and RSF appeal to British Olympic Association not to restrict athletes' freedom of speech

(ARTICLE 19/RSF/IFEX) - The following is a joint action by ARTICLE 19 and RSF:

United Kingdom

IFJ supports UK health service whistleblower facing disciplinary action for talking to magazine about health policy

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 2 November 2007 IFJ media release:

United Kingdom

London appeal court quashes judge's gagging order in Blair-Bush memo case

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed a London appeal court's decision on 30 July 2007 to quash a gagging order issued by judge Richard Aikens during a trial in May that banned the press from referring in their reports of the trial to the content of a leaked memo about a meeting between Tony Blair and George W. Bush in 2004.

United Kingdom

IFJ welcomes victory in journalist's long battle to protect sources

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 1 August 2007 IFJ press release:

United Kingdom / International

PEN American Center urges rejection of academic boycotts to protect freedom of expression as UK body debates boycott of Israel

(PEN/IFEX) - The following is a 22 June 2007 PEN American Center press release:

United Kingdom

Proposed reforms aimed at denying costliest requests for publicly held information endanger fledgling Freedom of Information Act, says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 19 June 2007 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Right to information threatened by parliamentary bill

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has strongly condemned the British parliament's approval of amendments to the Freedom of Information Act, including one that would bar access to details of MPs' expenses.

United Kingdom

Court sentences whistleblower, reseacher to prison, gags media; clear signal that "government secrecy remains strong," says ARTICLE 19

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an 11 May 2007 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Parliamentary committee approves bill exempting members from Freedom of Information Act

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an 8 February 2007 IPI press release:

United Kingdom

Freedom of Information Act further threatened by MP's bill to exempt Parliament

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 26 January 2007 ARTICLE 19 press release:

United Kingdom

Proposed changes to Freedom of Information Act may be detrimental, says IPI

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 16 January 2007 IPI letter to Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer of Thoroton:

United Kingdom

RAPPORT CAPSULE: Le spectre du journaliste Martin O'Hagan plane toujours alors que le processus de paix relègue la lutte contre l'impunité au second plan, explique RSF

(RSF/IFEX) - Ci-dessous, une version abrégée d'un communiqué de presse de RSF daté du 27 septembre 2006:

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