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Come to Parliament on Wednesday 9th November

27 October 2011

The Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill last week urged the government to strengthen their proposals for reform, in line with recommendations from the Libel Reform Campaign. There is still work to be done to protect free speech from the stifling effects of current libel law: to provide a stronger, wider and more accessible public interest defence; and to make sure proposals on the internet work for bloggers and forums.

Our biggest battle will be to make sure libel reform does not get pushed off a crowded parliamentary agenda. It is vital that we ensure Parliamentarians know the strength of support for libel reform. Please join us and supporters including Simon Singh, Which?, Society of Editors, Global Witness, Facebook and Liberty:

Wednesday 9th November 2011, 6pm

Committee Room 10, House of Commons

Every day we hear about new cases of scientists, publishers and bloggers being threatened with libel action. We have we got to this historic point with your support. If we let the momentum slip now, the opportunity for change could be lost.

A copy of the invitation can be found here.

We really hope you can join us to show MPs that libel law reform can't wait. Please let us know if you can come, news@libelreform.org

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