Defamation

Individuals need protection from false statements of fact which damage their reputation. ARTICLE 19 campaigns for defamation laws to be fair, free from the manipulation of powerful people, and providing financial penalty rather than imprisonment. 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…

• Statement

  

  UK: Government promises defamation reform but backslides on expression and surveillance

  11 May 2012

  ARTICLE 19 welcomes the promise of defamation reform in this week’s…

• Press release

  

  Thailand: ‘Uncle SMS’ dies after serving 3 months of his 20-year prison sentence

  10 May 2012

  Amphon Tangnoppaku, also known as Ar Kong or ‘Uncle SMS’, died…

• Statement

  

  Thailand: Court should release journalist prosecuted under lèse majesté law

  30 Apr 2012

  ARTICLE 19 has submitted an amicus brief to a Bangkok criminal court in…

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