Magazine editor jailed in landmark libel case
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JAKARTA  - The editor of a leading Indonesian magazine was sentenced to jail Thursday in a high profile libel case that rights groups say represents a setback for press freedoms and the country&#39;s emerging democracy.
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MARK COLVIN: A British Labour politician has been awarded more than $400,000 in damages from a newspaper, over claims that he took money from Saddam Hussein.
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The race to save the British Grand Prix descended into acrimony with Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone issuing a libel writ against Jackie Stewart.
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BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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JAKARTA: An Indonesian court was scheduled to deliver its verdict on a libel suit against three journalists of a weekly magazine that rights groups say highlights dangers to the country&#39;s free press.
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LONDON, England -- A British anti-war lawmaker has won a libel case against a newspaper who accused him of receiving secret payments from former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
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Former Labour MP George Galloway has won his libel action against the Telegraph and won Â£150,000 in damages. He is also expected to get his costs - the court case is estimated to have cost around Â£1m.
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Two more newspapers are ordered to pay libel damages to an Ulster rugby fan who was assaulted at a match.
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The High Court in London has struck out the bulk of a record Â£240m libel damages claim brought against the Financial Times by investment bank Collins Stewart Tullet.
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Handing down a jail sentence for a libel case has serious implications for press freedom in Indonesia, said Natalie Hill, deputy Asia director at Amnesty International, commenting on the jail sentence imposed on the chief editor of leading news magazine
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A court sentenced Tempo magazine editor Bambang Harymurti yesterday to one year in prison for defamation and inciting unrest in a case watched by press freedom advocates.
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A New York Times reporter is facing up to 18 months in prison after a federal judge held him in contempt of court on Thursday for refusing to name her source to prosecutors
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LONDON A judge rejected a claim Wednesday for a record Â£230.5 million in special damages in a libel case against the Financial Times newspaper that is being pursued by the London-based brokerage firm Collins Stewart Tullett.
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British parliamentarian George Galloway,  one of the most outspoken critics of war in Iraq, won a libel  battle with the Daily Telegraph newspaper Thursday over its  allegations that he was "in the pay" of Saddam Hussein.
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The editor of Playboy Indonesia went on trial on Thursday on charges of distributing indecent pictures to the public and making money from them, which could carry a jail term of up to 32 months.
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IN a significant strike against press freedom, an Indonesian court yesterday sentenced the chief editor of Indonesia&#39;s leading news magazine, Tempo, to a one-year jail term on a charge of criminal defamation.
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One of BritainÂs most lauded authors has been accused in newspaper articles of copying phrases for his best-selling novel ÂAtonementÂ in 2001 from a memoir published in 1977.