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Canada’s Moral Dilemma: Torture by CSIS – a crisis in democracy

It’s just like “The Stasi” treated dissidents, except this human rights abuse is happening in Canada today. Some call it no-touch torture. The Stasi called it Zerzetsen. In an article about the torture of a Canadian citizen at the behest of CSIS in the Sudan, The...

FBI, US Attorney, IL State Police Ignore or Cover-Up Corruption

American justice is a myth. Civil rights only apply to those in power. Rivals are to be treated like Robin Hood - hunted down and defamed. King John (former Illinois Gov.Big Jim Thompson), his inherited Lordships (Daleys, Madigans, Beavers, Strogers, Burkes, Jones), the...

Ministry defame lawyers defending a defamation case

On July 10th, the Ministry of Defence website posted an article defaming lawyers defending Leader Publication (Pvt.) Ltd, the publisher of The Sunday Leader newspaper.The Ministry of Defence website branded the...

Sri Lanka's Democratic Dictatorship

The democratically elected 'dictatorial' government of Sri Lanka fears media the most - The Island Online. I provide the full text of the article below: "What do democratically elected ‘dictatorial’ governments of Sri Lanka fear most- THE MEDIA! If that is not so, why...

Tweet This: You are being sued!

Can you defame someone in 140 characters or less?  Apparently so, according to designer Dawn Simorangkir, who has alleged that eccentic rocker Courtney Love has started a smear campaign against her on Twitter...

Maid of the Mist Accused of Hundreds of Counts of Perjury

A complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia charging Maid of the Mist President, Christopher Glynn, Maid of the Mist’s VP of Marketing, Timothy P. Ruddy, and Maid of the Mist Controller, Robert J. Schul, with hundreds...

'Criminalize the defamation of Islam'

Just the beginning folks. " The Islamic states circulated a new resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday that would criminalize defamation of Islam as a human rights violation and encourage the imposition of Shari'a. ...

Rumor Mongering, The Mob and Web 2.0’s Ugly Side

Recently there have been big uproars regarding the growing lack of responsiblity of some blogs and the mob attacks that are set to follow their posts.  For some peculiar reason some bloggers seem to believe they can post whatever they want to, running around like cowboys...

United Nations forbids defaming religion, specifically Islam

Under international law (under the impetus of the U.N. resolution)nations would be able to seek extradition and trial abroad of personswho make statements critical or offensive anywhere in the worldhttp://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff012809.php3

Former head of Scottish Socialists to stand trial for perjury

Tommy Sheridan, the flamboyant former head of the Scottish Socialist Party, and his wife, Gail, will stand trial for allegedly committing perjury in their 2006 defamation lawsuit against the Sunday tabloid, News of...

Canadian judge rules linking is not defamation

In what is being seen as a landmark ruling, a judge in Canada has decided that a website is not liable for the sites it links to."The case has been greeted by some as a landmark ruling. It centred on a defamation lawsuit launched by a former Green Party official Wayne Crookes...

2 year jail to ex Thai PM Samak

" A judge reading the verdict on Thursday said there was no reason to suspend jail terms handed down by the Criminal Court, which had found Samak and co-defendant Dusit Siriwan guilty of defaming a former deputy...

The Economist says it won Berlusconi case

" 2008-09-05 17:38:03 - MILAN, Italy (AP) - The Economist magazine says a Milan court has rejected defamation claims against it lodged by Premier Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi had filed suit claiming...

Italy prepares to charge Google execs: sources

"MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to file charges against four current or former Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) executives over a 2006 video on the Internet provider's ...

Training helps bloggers hone professionalism, navigate legal issues

"Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt...

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