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Libel reform campaign petition
UK libel laws are being used to gag scientists, bloggers and journalists who want to discuss matters of genuine public interest (including public health!). Journalist Simon Singh puts it better than I can:
(a) English libel laws have been condemned by the UN Human Rights Committee.
(b) UK laws give rise to libel tourism, whereby the rich and the powerful (Saudi billionaires, Russian oligarchs and overseas corporations) come to London to sue writers because English libel laws are so hostile to responsible journalism. (In fact, it is exactly because English libel laws have this global impact that we welcome signatories to the petition from around the world.)
(c) Vested interests can use their resources to bully and intimidate those who seek to question them. The cost of a libel trial in England is 100 times more expensive than the European average and typically runs to over £1 million.
(d) Three separate ongoing libel cases involve Simon Singh himself and two medical researchers raising concerns about three medical treatments. They face losing £1 million each. In future, why would anyone else raise similar concerns? If these health matters are not reported, then the public is put at risk.
Please, please do consider signing this petition soon. With a UK general election coming up, a good crop of signatures may help bring this to the attention of all political parties while they are in manifesto-drafting mode (you have to hope anyway). Cheers!
Libel reform campaign petition
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