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Top court transforms press freedom with new libel defence
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| The Supreme Court of Canada transformed the
| country's libel laws Tuesday with a pair of
| decisions that proponents say will expand the
| boundaries of free speech.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-hands-victory-to-media/article1408613/
Recent:
Trafigura gag attempt unites house in protest
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| MPs from all parties protested at Westminster this
| afternoon at attempts by lawyers acting for the oil
| trader Trafigura to stop reports of parliamentary
| proceedings.
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| The Labour MP Paul Farrelly told the speaker, John
| Bercow, attempts by lawyers Carter-Ruck to gag the
| media could be a "potential contempt of
| parliament".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/trafigura-carter-ruck-gag
Gag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/guardian-gagged-parliamentary-question
Minton report: Trafigura toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast broke EU regulations, 14 Sep 2006
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| (update Oct 12, GMT) Following press
| reportage about dumping off the coast of
| Africa, Waterson & Hicks, a UK law firm
| acting for Trafigura, a large London based
| oil and commodity trader, ordered and
| received this confidential report (the so-
| called "Minton report") into toxic dumping
| practices by its client along and on the
| Ivory Coast. The report reveals a number
| of toxic dumping incidents and appears to
| be the report behind the extraordinary
| secret October 11, 2009 gagging of the
| Guardian newspaper.
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_dumping_along_the_Ivory_Coast_broke_EU_regulations%2C_14_Sep_2006
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