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Egyptian blogger released after four years in jail
Online free expression activists around the world are rejoicing at the news that jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer has been freed and had returned to his family’s Alexandria home. Amer won the Hugo...
View ArticleDefamation decriminalised in Russia
The Russian State Duma has decriminalised defamation, having passed amendments to the Criminal Code. There are two major legislative threats to freedom of expression in Russia: libel and antiextremism...
View ArticleRussia: “Defamation suits a key factor in suppressing free speech as long as...
Earlier this month, Russia’s Department of Presidential Affairs won three defamation lawsuits against newspaper Novaya Gazeta in just one week. “The court is being used as a censorship instrument; it...
View ArticleBlogger threatened with libel case over election law violation claim
Popular Russian blogger Oleg Kozyrev has been threatened with a defamation lawsuit by Moscow Region Election Committee for filing a complaint on alleged election law violations. “Clearly this is an...
View ArticleAbdel Aziz-Al-Jaridi faces prison time for defaming Al-Jazeera anchor
On 10 February, Abdel Aziz Al-Jaridi, director of two daily newspapers, Al-Hadath and Kul-Anas, will appeal a defamation conviction. Al-Jaridi was sentenced to four months in prison by the first...
View ArticleCorrea pardon does not lessen chill on Ecuador’s free press
When Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa issued Monday a presidential pardon and forgave a multi-million dollar fine and prison terms for a former editorial writer and three owners of the Ecuadorean...
View ArticleDuma criminalises defamation in attempt to silence opposition
The pro-Putin United Russia party has re-criminalised defamation, just half a year since it was decriminalised on the initiative of ex-president Dmitry Medvedev. The move is in line with Russian...
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“Journalists will be persecuted until power in Russia changes”
Mikhail Afanasyev is a veteran of the libel courts. As one of the few independent journalists in Russia’s Urals he has faced 13 defamation suits in 15 years, and won every one. Afanasyev edits an...
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