Blears to be sued for libel?
Harry’s Place is reporting that MCB member Daud Abdullah is to sue Hazel Blears MP after she accused him of supporting terrorism in signing the Istanbul Declaration.
View ArticleMichael Savage v Jacqui Smith: the stars align
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith reportedly received a legal letter from lawyers representing US radio host Michael Savage this morning. Savage claims to have been libelled by Smith when his name appeared...
View ArticleKeeping up with Jones
The possible arrival of Pastor Terry Jones in the UK for an EDL rally has once again raised the spectre of the Home Secretary’s power to exclude unpleasant people from the country. The last time we...
View ArticleTerry Jones and the limits of tolerance
The government has banned Terry Jones from entering the UK. Jones is the fundamentalist US pastor who threatened to burn a copy of the Koran outside his Florida church on the anniversary of the 9/11...
View ArticleLetter from America: Equating right-wing politics with violence could...
In the days since Anders Behring Breivik — the accused perpetrator of Friday’s deadly attacks in Norway — has been identified as a Christian right-wing extremist, some liberals in the US have descended...
View ArticleSheikh Google is out there, but he’s not working alone
The UK parliament’s reasonably sensible report on radicalisation was released this morning, focusing on the perceived terror threats to Britain and Northern Ireland; far-right racist individuals and...
View ArticleSarkozy calls for censorship, the off the shelf answer to extremism
The horrendous rampage of Mohamed Merah, the French man who killed north African soldiers, a rabbi and three Jewish children, has brought all the usual responses from the usual corners. Britain’s...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 08/02/13
An anti-corruption activist who leaked a sex tape featuring a Chinese Communist party official and an 18-year-old girl has said he is being slandered and intimidated by authorities. Since Zhu Ruifeng...
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