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Defamation

Politicians know defamation laws can silence women, but they won’t do anything about it

Politicians know defamation laws can silence women, but they won’t do anything about it

Both Geoffrey Rush’s successful defamation claim against the Daily Telegraph in 2018 and Bruce Lehrmann’s ongoing litigation against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson attracted much media attention.

With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

Its relative stasis had turned the United Kingdom into a “libel tourism” hotspot, and the UK was falling behind on the speech protections mandated by the European Convention on Human Rights.