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...
by barry | Jan 24, 2022 | Campaigns, media freedom, whistle blowing
The High Court ruled today (Monday 24 January) that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has the right to ask the Supreme Court to block his extradition to the US, ruling that he had an arguable point of law. The ruling means Mr Assange can petition the UK’s highest...
by barry | Dec 10, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, freedom of information, media freedom, nuj, whistle blowing
The right to report and our right to know have been severely weakened following the High Court ruling on Friday 10 December that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US. The US won its appeal against the 4 January 2021 court ruling by...
by barry | Nov 3, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
The US appeal against the dismissal of its application to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, was heard over two days in London’s Royal Courts of Justice on 27 and 28 October, but the outcome may not be known for several weeks. The hearing arose from District...
by admin | Jul 18, 2021 | Government, media freedom, Press, Reviews
Last month saw the publication of a new report from University of Westminster which reveals for the first time how the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) the press regulator which covers most of the UK’s largest print and online publishers, was set up...
by admin | Jul 17, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, Government, media freedom, nuj, Press
“Too often the state uses official secrets legislation to hide things that are embarrassing, such as the involvement of the British State in torture or rendition.” Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and co-founder of Reprieve, a human rights not-for-profit...
