Radio journalist Johnny Alberto Salazar has been found guilty of libelling a lawyer, he is the first journalist to be jailed for defamation in the...
Dominican Republic: Radio reporter becomes first journalist facing jail for libel
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Marta Cooper
Marta Cooper
Azerbaijan: newspapers fined for damaging businessman’s honour
Azerbaijani newspapers Yeni Musavat and Azadliq were fined 2000 manats (1,634 GBP) this week, they had been accused of damaging businessman Anar...
Kazakhstan: newspaper editor detained in media crackdown
Igor Vinyavsky, editor of the Almaty-based independent weekly Vzglyad, was detained on Monday evening in an ongoing crackdown by Kazakhstan's...
Bloggers don't do it for the money, Leveson Inquiry told
Blogger and media lawyer David Allen Green has praised social media at the Leveson Inquiry today. Green, legal commentator at the New Statesman,...
Fake Sheikh recalled to Leveson
Investigative reporter Mazher Mahmood was recalled to the Leveson Inquiry today and quizzed over the reasons for his 1989 departure from the Sunday...
Jefferies coverage a "watershed" for UK media, Mirror reporter tells Leveson
Marta Cooper: Jefferies coverage a “watershed” for UK media, Mirror reporter tells Leveson
Index on Censorship chief testifies at Leveson Inquiry
Index on Censorship and English PEN championed the cause of libel reform at the Leveson Inquiry this morning. Index CEO John Kampfner and English...
Broadcasters reject press regulation
Marta Cooper: Broadcasters reject press regulation
Patten criticises relationship between politicians and News International
Marta Cooper: Patten criticises relationship between politicians and News International
BBC chief says statutory press regulation risks independence
Marta Cooper: BBC chief says statutory press regulation risks independence
Ofcom revokes Press TV’s UK licence
Ofcom has revoked the UK licence of Iranian broadcaster Press TV. In December Press TV was fined £100,000 for broadcasting a 2009 interview with...
Cuba: Jailed dissident dies after hunger strike
Dissident Wilmar Villar Mendoza, has died in a hospital in eastern Cuba following a 56-day hunger strike. Villar launched his strike shortly after...