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UK: Islamic cartoon row is latest case of libel tourism

By Alliance Alert

Times Online: "Up to 95,000 descendants of the prophet Muhammad are planning to bring a libel action in Britain over 'blasphemous' cartoons of the founder of Islam, even though they were published in the Danish press . . . Yamani is expected to justify the action by claiming that the cartoons, including one of Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban, were accessible in Britain on the internet. Critics say the case is a political stunt and yet another example of how England has become the leading destination for 'libel tourism'. The English defamation laws make it easier to bring and win libel cases here than in jurisdictions such as America that place greater emphasis on freedom of speech."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 22, 2010 (boomark / email).