The campaign at a glance
The Libel Reform Campaign
10th December 2009 The Keep Libel Laws out of Science campaign joined with EnglishPEN and Index on Censorship in the Coalition for Libel Reform. Add your voice and sign the petition to urge politicians to support a bill for major reform of the libel laws now at
10 December 2009 Watch Dara O Briain, Dave Gorman, Professor Ray Tallis, Nick Ross and many others sign the libel reform petition at our launch event here.
1st February 2010 See the organisations who have signed the libel reform petition here.
14 February 2010Simon Singh's Wierd Idea - it might just work. Read more.
24 February 2010 Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee report on Press Standards, Privacy and Libel released. More here
Big Libel Week. Read libel stories here
14 March 2010 The Big Libel Gig fundraiser for libel reform. Read more here
9 April 2010 The Early Day Motion for Libel Law Reform closes with 249 MPs signed up. More here
23 March 2010 Jack Straw commits to libel law reform at our mass lobby of Parliament. More here
15 April 2010 All three major parties commit to libel reform in their general election manifestos Read more here
21 April 2010 The Libel Reform Campaign Free Speech Hustings. Read more here
27 May 2010 Lord Lester's libel bill is published Read here
28 June 2010 Lord Lester has drawn up these explanatory notes to his Defamation Bill. Read here
Total signatories to Keep Libel Laws out of Science: 20136
The Keep Libel Laws out of Science campaign
Click here to read Sile Lane in the BMJ on the background to the campaign
Click here to read Simon's full account of the story.
Click here to read details of the launch of the campaign to Keep Libel Laws out of Science.
Click here to read the statement released on June 4th 2009.
Click here to read the statement translated into other languages (under development)
The Libel Laws
22nd November 2009 Jack Straw acknowledges need for libel law reform. Read more here
Click here to read about the launch of the Free Speech is not For Sale report on the impact of England's libel laws on freedom of expression.
Click here to read about the Lib Dems making a committment to libel law reform on 20th September.
Click here to read about Richard Dawkins addressing the Lib Dem conference and click here to read Professor Dawkins on why he supports libel law reform.
Click here to read about other libel cases (under development)
Click here to view a bar chart showing a Comparative Study of Costs in Defamation Proceedings Across Europe.
Simon Singh's case
On 15th April 2010 The British Chiropractic Association dropped its libel case against Simon Singh. Read more here
Simon Singh: "A big step for me, a small step for libel reform, and what you can do to help."Read more here
Click here to read about Simon's successful judgement on 1st April 2010
Simon Singh's hearing in the Court of Appeal on 23rd February 2010. More here
Click here to read about Simon being granted leave to appeal in his libel case with the BCA on 14th October 2009
Click here to read about Simon being refused permission to appeal in his case on 11th August 2009 and here to read Simon on his next steps
Click here to read Simon Singh's Guardian article on chiropractic, Beware the Spinal Trap, from April 2008.
Click here to view the debate about chiropractic.
Signatories to the Keep Libel Laws out of Science campaign
Click here to see the list of signatories, including the 200 who signed up before the launch.
Click here to read additional comments from signatories.
For more signatories see the following pages (1000 signatories per page):
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Sign up and spread the word
Click here to sign the statement.
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Click here to donate to the campaign, including international donations.
Click here to get the T-Shirt! (badge, mug, cap...).
Click here to put a campaign button or banner on your website.
News
Click here to see the campaign press coverage.
Click here to read the statement released on June 4th 2009.
Friday 5th June 2009: Click here to read the response to the statement, from a group of cross party MPs.
Tuesday 2nd July 2009: Click here to read World science journalists object to English libel laws
Monday 20th July 2009: Click here to read Dr Evan Harris MP asking Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ben Bradshaw, whether he would meet with a delegation of signatories of Keep the Libel Laws out of Science.
Wednesday 29th July 2009: Click here to read Beware the Spinal Trap, Simon Singh's article on chiropractic from The Guardian from April 2008 and for a list of the huge number of other places it appears today.
Friday 31st July 2009: Click here to read Simon Singh's statement on being refused permission to appeal in his case and on his next steps
Sunday 20th September 2009: Click here to read about the Lib Dems making a commitment to libel law reform
Wednesday 14th October 2009: Click here to read about Simon being granted leave to appeal in his libel case with the BCA
For more information contact Sile Lane on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 020 7478 4380.
Last updated: July 23 2010
