Thursday, 14 October 2010

Breach of confidentiality: The Stig from 'Top Gear' and the BBC

The case has been decided on 4 October - BBC's attempt to prevent The Stig publishing his memoir [2010] EWHC 2424 (Ch) BBC v. Harper Collins Publishers/ Ben Collins (The Stig).


Monday, 13 September 2010

Hate speech: Noam Chomsky signs petition against Gassot law application

Chomsky is not a supporter by any means of genocide denial, the crime in question under the loi Gassot of 1990, but finds laws preventing the challenging of historical truth offensive. Contrast this with the use of genocide-denial laws in Rwanda to silence opposition to the presidency in the recent elections. Can genocide denial speech be prevented by imprisonment in a free society?

Monday, 12 April 2010