Call to reform 'repressive' UK libel laws

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 (on November 11, 2009)

Intimidating and out-of-date laws are silencing free speech and scientific inquiry, a report claims, amid increasing controversy over England's status as "the libel capital of the world".The report,..

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