A British politician is seeking damages from high-profile Twitter users who repeated or retweeted a false report linking him to child sex abuse. The former Conservative Party official, Alistair McAlpine, is also asking lower-profile Twitter users who libeled him to apologize and make a dona-tion to charity. The United Kingdom is notorious for its plaintiff-friendly defamation laws — but what about in the United States? Could an American be sued for libel based on tweets, too?
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Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
December 3, 2012
September 21, 2012
FLASHBACKERS... 21 Sep'12 part 1
Flashback:
Black on white that Marianne Ny was lying to the UK justice system https://www.flashback.org/sp39430279 #Assange
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UK extraditon act says extradition from the UK shall be according to at least one of the conditions a or b are met:
Black on white that Marianne Ny was lying to the UK justice system https://www.flashback.org/sp39430279 #Assange
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UK extraditon act says extradition from the UK shall be according to at least one of the conditions a or b are met:
September 19, 2012
FLASHBACKERS via RixstepNews... 19Sep12
Quote From Espressino:
On Monday, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino renewed his call for talks between London and Quito to resolve the standoff. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague says those talks remain deadlocked but that they were continuing.
.. The talks between Ecuador and England is not so good. Locked mode, but talks continue. Time for Sweden to unlock, go over and interrogate and arrest rescind the crime has not been committed!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/julian-assange-talks-at-an-impasse-says-british-foreign-secretary-william-hague/story-fnd134gw-1226476901492
Using Google Translator
more to come today...
On Monday, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino renewed his call for talks between London and Quito to resolve the standoff. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague says those talks remain deadlocked but that they were continuing.
.. The talks between Ecuador and England is not so good. Locked mode, but talks continue. Time for Sweden to unlock, go over and interrogate and arrest rescind the crime has not been committed!
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/julian-assange-talks-at-an-impasse-says-british-foreign-secretary-william-hague/story-fnd134gw-1226476901492
Using Google Translator
more to come today...
September 3, 2012
Misconstrued Legal Arguments & Omitted Truths in the Media’s Coverage of Julian Assange
By: Kevin Gosztola
Monday September 3, 2012 1:21 am
For over two months now, commentators or pundits in the United Kingdom (and the US) have been virulently denouncing Assange’s decision to seek asylum, something legally available to any individual who thinks they are being persecuted.
Monday September 3, 2012 1:21 am
For over two months now, commentators or pundits in the United Kingdom (and the US) have been virulently denouncing Assange’s decision to seek asylum, something legally available to any individual who thinks they are being persecuted.
August 30, 2012
Bundestag Sevim Dagdelen visited Julian Assange in London
Posted on 30th August 2012 by admin
Translation
"The global public owes people like Assange and courageous whistleblowers', such as the U.S. Private First Class Bradley Manning, access to previously undisclosed information. ... "
Bundestag Sevim Dagdelen visited Julian Assange in London
http://www.sevimdagdelen.de
Translation
"The global public owes people like Assange and courageous whistleblowers', such as the U.S. Private First Class Bradley Manning, access to previously undisclosed information. ... "
Bundestag Sevim Dagdelen visited Julian Assange in London
http://www.sevimdagdelen.de
Ecuador's President demands Sweden and Britain guarantee not to extradite Julian Assange
Charles Miranda in London
AFP, News Limited Network
August 30, 2012 5:34PM
ECUADOR'S President Rafael Correa fears Julian Assange would not get a fair trial in the US and has insisted that Britain and Sweden guarantee they will not extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
AFP, News Limited Network
August 30, 2012 5:34PM
ECUADOR'S President Rafael Correa fears Julian Assange would not get a fair trial in the US and has insisted that Britain and Sweden guarantee they will not extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
Protesters removed from front of Ecuadorian Embassy in London
London - Protesters and supporters of Julian Assange are
being removed, or told to leave, from the street in front of the Ecuadorian
Embassy in London. Concern is that the police may be planning to raid the
embassy.
August 24, 2012
There are wiser ways than just the language of force
August
24, 2012 at 21:32, Updated: August 25, 2012 at 06:48
To
interrogate Assange in England is still quite possible - and need not be in
conflict with the process has already begun. It writes lawyer Hans Strandberg,
who has experience in interrogations abroad in terms of economic crime.
August 18, 2012
US facing embarrassment in the OAS over Assange
Narayan
Lakshman - Washington, August
18, 2012
The
Organisation of American States, an apex hemispherical body for the Americas,
said a meeting of its Foreign Ministers next Friday would focus on the
diplomatic row between Ecuador and the U.K. over WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange (41), who was granted political asylum by Quito while holed up in the
country’s London embassy.
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