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Jean-Claude still being held by Burundian government – Amnesty International...
It’s now one month since my friend Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, who helped me enormously with “Titanic Express” (he is mentioned in the acknowledgements), was arrested and detained on bogus grounds in...
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Crackdown in Burundi worsens – Nkurunziza’s thugs arrest Alexis Sinduhije
I’ve just had a message from Burundi’s Movement for Security and Democracy, the political party founded earlier this year by the celebrated journalist Alexis Sinduhije. In an email he sent on Saturday,...
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Human Rights Watch condemns Burundi ruling party’s attack on Alexis Sinduhije
Click here for more background on this story. From Human Rights Watch (Bujumbura, November 5, 2008) – The detention of political activist Alexis Sinduhije and 36 others by Burundian police on November...
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US Embassy in Burundi urges release of Alexis Sinduhije
Alexis Sinduhije outlines his political vision earlier this year Four days ago, the acclaimed Burundian journalist Alexis Sinduhije was arrested for holding an “unauthorised” meeting of his new...
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US State Department calls for release of Alexis Sinduhije
From the Washington Post The State Department protested the Burundian government’s arrest Monday of an aspiring presidential candidate and former journalist who was named one of the world’s 100 most...
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Echoes of Sally Murrer case as senior UK opposition politician arrested by...
In “Don’t Get Fooled Again” I highlight the extent to which government demands for “sweeping new powers”, ostensibly to protect public security, often lead to those powers being used in ways far beyond...
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Vindictive prosecution falls apart as journalist Sally Murrer is cleared of...
Just one day after the shadow Home Office minister Damian Green was arrested by nine counter-terrorism officers on suspicion of “aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring misconduct in a public...
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The Sun says…
It’s hardly news that pundits and columnists often talk at cross purposes and contradict themselves, but to do so within two paragraphs of the same article takes some talent. Today’s Sun newspaper...
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The Sun comes out for democracy
For years, The Sun newspaper and its erstwhile political spokesman Trevor Kavanagh have firmly supported UK government demands for ever more “sweeping new powers” to bug, monitor and jail us without...
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David Irving – Free speech defender?
See also: The parallels between AIDS denial and Holocaust negationism It’s becoming something of a modern media tradition that whenever freedom of expression is discussed on TV, the pseudo-historian...
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New blog dedicated to securing the release of Alexis Sinduhije
Earlier this week, members of the Burundian diaspora and their supporters demonstrated in Brussels, calling on the European Union – a major aid donor to Burundi’s government - to help secure the...
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George Monbiot responds to Hazel Blears’ attack on independent commentary
From The Guardian Courage in politics is measured by the consistent application of principles. The website TheyWorkForYou.com records votes on key issues since 2001. It reveals that you voted “very...
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Ex-Director of Public Prosecutions brands UK libel law an international disgrace
Cross-posted from Amnesty blogs I’m just back from the launch of a gobsmacking new report by Index and English PEN, highlighting the abuse of the UK libel system by rich individuals and corporations...
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Case documents from the Migration Watch vs Bercow libel case
For my details on this, see my previous post… Migration Watch vs Bercow libel case documents These documents consist of: pp1-2 A letter from the Migration Watch solicitors, Geoffrey Leaver, to Sally...
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Massive Denial-of-Service attack on human rights group Survival International
Help beat the torturers and their cyber-hacking buddies – please blog or tweet about the attack on Survival International The video that someone, somewhere doesn’t want you to see Survival...
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Libel abusers seek to tighten their grip as government mulls reform
From the misguided threats against Labour activist Sally Bercow by the right-wing lobby group Migration Watch, to the renewed attacks on cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst by the controversial multinational...
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When even a primary school is threatening its critics with libel, you know...
My latest piece for Index on Censorship LIBEL IN THE SCHOOLYARD Richard Wilson asks: Why would a London primary school employ the services of a political lobbying firm — and libel lawyers Carter Ruck?...
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Tony Baldry MP – a correction
One of the more amusing libel threats I’ve had since starting this blog came in 2010, on behalf of Tony Baldry MP, who at the time was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Banbury (he is now Sir...
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