13 Dec 2011 | Index Index, minipost
Hulk Hogan is suing his ex-wife for defamation following her comments regarding his sexuality. In her book Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes, the wrestler’s ex-wife Linda Bollea claimed Hogan had an affair with fellow wrestler Brutus Beefcake, and that he was violent towards her. Hogan, whose real name is Terrance Gene Bollea, filed the suit against the “baffling” claims in Florida last week, and has demanded a jury trial.
6 Dec 2011 | Index Index, minipost
Zimbabwean police stormed the offices of a daily newspaper, and arrested one of it’s journalists last week. Xolisani Ncube of Daily News was arrested on December 2, in connection with an article about a government minister that appeared in the paper last month. Newspaper editor, Stanely Gama handed himself over to the police after being summoned for the same investigation. Police sources said it is likely the pair will be tried for criminal defamation following the article, “Chombo brags about riches”, in which they said Ingatius Chombo had bragged about his wealth.
2 Dec 2011 | Americas, Index Index, minipost
Slander and libel have been decriminalised by the Mexican Senate. The senate approved the repeal of Articles 1 and 31 of the Crimes Act, with a unanimous decision. Mexico have joined El Salvador as the second Latin American country to decriminalise honour crimes. The decision follows the end of a seven-year defamation trial where the newspaper La Jornada accused magazine Letras Libres of damaging its reputation. The court determined that freedom of expression supersedes the right to honour.
1 Dec 2011 | Europe and Central Asia, News and features
The International Partnership Group of freedom of expression organisations visited Macedonia last month to assess the state of media freedom in the country. Mike Harris reports on the findings
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