[Gllug] OT: Getting a libelous website taken down ...

[Harry Rickards]

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Simon Wilcox wrote:
> On 2/7/09 16:58, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
>> On Thu, July 2, 2009 17:48, Tethys wrote:
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>>> Andy Millar writes:
>>>
>>>> Free Speech and all.
>>> There is no right of free speech in this country.
>>>
>> I believe the EU human rights act to which the UK is a signatory
>> guarantees freedom of speech.
> 
> Nope. Article 10 - Freedom of Expression - has some rather large caveats 
> that allow governments to pass laws banning whatever they want to ban.
> 
> It's nothing like as general as the US First Amendment.
> 
> S.
What about Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (part
of the International Bill of Human Rights)?

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F)

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