Dear Senator Leahy, The Vermont Library Association (VLA) recognizes your long standing commitment to protecting our First Amendment rights. Therefore, we are writing to express support for the Free Speech Protection Act, S449 to counter the serious … [Read more...] about In Support Of The Free Speech Protection Act, S.449, by Gail Weymouth
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Libel Tourists Will Love The Tales Of Lord Hoffmann
If you want to see hypocrisy in action, look at England's libel courts. I warned during the rage against Blair and Bush that liberals were playing into the hands of reactionaries. Unintentionally or not, their depiction of a desire to democratise the … [Read more...] about Libel Tourists Will Love The Tales Of Lord Hoffmann
Let Battle Commence Over Privacy
John Terry's is only the latest attempt to suppress free speech for financial reasons This was the week that the legal establishment bit back. For three months since Index on Censorship published its Libel Reform campaign in coalition with … [Read more...] about Let Battle Commence Over Privacy
Hamas' Line Of Defence To Goldstone Report
Israel has recently delivered to the United Nations Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon its official response to the UN's fact finding mission to Operation Cast Lead, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone. Hamas' government is also preparing to submit its … [Read more...] about Hamas' Line Of Defence To Goldstone Report
Sharia's Dominion
Leslie S. Lebl, a former career foreign service officer with the State Department, is principal of Lebl Associates, a fellow of the American Center for Democracy, and author of the monograph, "Advancing U.S. Interests with the European Union." Two … [Read more...] about Sharia's Dominion