5.3.2010
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THE BIG LIBEL WEEK: HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED (AND A FREE EVENT)
Dear friends,
Next week is the ‘Big Libel Week’ with events, more media
coverage of our campaign and a big push to get politicians to sign up
for libel reform. We had great news this week when Jack Straw, the
Justice Secretary, announced he’d changed the law to slash the
‘success fees’ lawyers can charge in libel cases
(
http://libelreform.indiemedium.com/lt.php?id=ZkQDUQgBAVcYBQJJBwoDU1A%3D). We asked Jack Straw to do this in October – and now it has been
done – it’s a great success! *But this is just the start of the
reforms we need.*
You can help by writing to an unconvinced MP, getting your friends to
sign up and by attending an event.
PERSUADE YOUR MP TO BACK OUR CAMPAIGN
214 MPs have backed our campaign by singing EDM 423, but many
haven’t. Check if your MP has signed up here:
http://libelreform.indiemedium.com/lt.php?id=ZkQDUQgBAVQYBQJJBwoDU1A%3DAnd if they haven’t please send them the letter on that page. We
need every MP to sign up.
GET YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN US
We have to secure 100,000 signatures so that MPs know how important
this issue is to you. In less than 100 days, the political parties
will fight a general election. We want reform of our libel laws to be
one of their priorities. So tell your friends, family and colleagues -
there's a long way to go!
COME TO OUR EVENT: “The impact of our libel laws on documentary
film makers: what you don’t get to see”
Thursday 11th March, 6:30pm at Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road,
London, EC1R 3GA
As part of the Big Libel Week, the Libel Reform Campaign will be
hosting a free event on the effect of our libel laws on documentary
film makers. Speakers include:
*Tracy Worcester* is a documentary film maker who directed and
produced the film ‘Pig Business’ (there will be a screening of an
extract from this); *Christopher Hird* is a leading figure in UK
independent documentary making and runs Dartmouth Films; *Duncan
Campbell* is an investigative journalist and filmmaker who specialises
in privacy, civil liberties and secrecy issues. He has faced
successive libel actions for twenty years.
http://libelreform.indiemedium.com/lt.php?id=ZkQDUQgBAVUYBQJJBwoDU1A%3DThis is a FREE event. Email: bookings@freewordonline.com
<http://libelreform.indiemedium.com/lt.php?id=ZkQDUQgBAVoYBQJJBwoDU1A%3D>
to book a place.
THE BIG LIBEL GIG: a tiny number of tickets left!
If you haven’t got tickets for the event of the year so far at the
Palace Theatre in London on 14th March you may still have a chance:
http://libelreform.indiemedium.com/lt.php?id=ZkQDUQgBAVsYBQJJBwoDU1A%3DWe hope to see you at one of the events, and do keep an eye out for
coverage of the campaign in the press during Big Libel Week.
Best,
Mike and Síle
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