British libel law still repressive

[If British libel law worries you - and it should - I strongly recommend you read the Telegraph article (second link). The only good thing I can add is that at least people no longer go to British prisons for it, as was regular a couple of centuries ago!]

Libel Reform: Dara O Briain And Brian Cox To Petition Downing Street
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/27414-41519
'...There must be a new public interest defence in the Defamation Bill, scientists, entertainers and campaigners tell Government 
Professor Brian Cox, Dara Ó Briain and Dave Gorman head to Downing Street 

Supporters of libel reform will today call on the Government to introduce a proper public interest defence and a bar on corporations from suing individuals for libel in the Defamation Bill, which is going through Parliament....'



Libel Laws: I Could Still Be Sued And Lose Everything
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/27414-41541

'...When novelist Amanda Craig was accused of libel, it nearly destroyed her. Now she is supporting a campaign against our 'unjust' laws ...'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9356522/Libel-laws-I-could-still-be-sued-and-lose-everything.html




Joseph Harris 

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