IPI expresses concern regarding suspension of Med TV
(IPI/IFEX) – IPI recently expressed its concern with regard to the suspension for a period of twenty one days of the satellite television service licence of Med Broadcasting Ltd. (Med TV). IPI understands that the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has taken this action under powers given by Parliament in Section 89 of the 1996 Broadcasting […]
Anti-censorship group challenges Lord Chancellor on UK obscenity law
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – On 2 October 1998, ARTICLE 19 wrote to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, appealing to him to urgently review British obscenity laws and stating that they represent an excessive restriction on freedom of expression. Frances DâSouza, Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, said: “The Obscenity Act is impossibly subjective and is […]
Three magazine editors each sentenced to three years in prison
(WAN/IFEX) – Three editors of “Green Anarchist” magazine, Saxon Burchnall-Wood, Steve Booth and Noel Molland, were each sentenced to three years in jail on 14 November 1997 after being found guilty of conspiring to incite persons unknown to commit criminal damage. The charges arose from their dissemination of radical animal rights literature. Recommended Action Send […]
BBC bans interviews with gay group
Peter Tatchell, the gay rights activist, has protested to ARTICLE 19 that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has banned him and members of his organization, OutRage, from being interviewed live on BBC programmes. Tatchell wrote in a letter to ARTICLE 19 that the source of this information is a reporter from “Capital Gay” newspaper, Rob […]