Defamation

Individuals need protection from false statements of fact which damage their reputation. ARTICLE 19 campaigns for defamation laws to be fair and free from being manipulated by powerful people, and recommends civil penalties rather than criminal ones. Read more

Policy brief

Civil Defamation

07 Dec 2009

Civil defamation laws do not involve the state's criminal justice machinery and therefore have the potential to…

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