by barry | Jun 15, 2022 | censorship, Government, media freedom
On 6 June, while attention was focussed on Conservative MPs’ no confidence vote in Boris Johnson, the long promised National Security Bill, https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0007/220007.pdf and...
by barry | May 11, 2022 | censorship, media freedom, whistle blowing
Are we witnessing a new and frightening attack on media freedoms? The New York Post reports at https://nypost.com/2022/05/04/paypals-indy-media-wipeout-and-other-commentary/ that the online payment platform PayPal has, without explanation, suspended the accounts of a...
by barry | Apr 20, 2022 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks co-founder, is one step closer to being extradited to the United States, where he is set to be tried mainly under the Espionage Act, after a London court agreed an extradition order. The court issued a formal extradition order at a...
by barry | Mar 16, 2022 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, Press
On 14 March, Julian Assange’s defence lawyers issued a statement reporting that the Supreme Court had refused Assange permission to appeal on the basis that “the application does not raise an arguable point of law.” The case will now go back to District Judge Vanessa...
by barry | Feb 28, 2022 | Campaigns, media freedom, nuj, Press
The former MP for Sunderland South and investigative journalist Chris Mullin has refused to divulge the sources of his information about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in a hearing at the Old Bailey in London. Mullin told the court on Friday (25 February) that it...
by barry | Feb 21, 2022 | Campaigns, freedom of information, media freedom, Press
Nearly thirty years after the Birmingham Six were released by the Court of Appeal for a crime they never committed, the journalist who was responsible for their release, Chris Mullin, will himself be in the Old Bailey this week. The former Labour MP for Sunderland...
