Sentence examples for accused of libel from inspiring English sources

Rather than fighting against these odds, many people accused of libel in Britain settle without trials.

Singh was accused of libel by the BCA over an opinion piece he wrote in the Guardian in April 2008.

Accused of libel for his commentary on a private performance of "Salome," Billing won his case; cheered by the crowds, Douglas felt vindicated.

Harris says peer-reviewed journals should have an automatic public interest defence if they are accused of libel, or should enjoy some sort of qualified privilege.

But these protections, rooted in the First Amendment, do not exist in places like Britain, Australia and Singapore, where the burden is often on the author, once accused of libel, to show that a statement is true.

He said that there were hundreds more cases where writers accused of libel had been forced to back down or to censor themselves because they could not afford to go to court.

In a separate lawsuit against ITV, also accused of libeling Mr. McAlpine, the broadcaster agreed on Thursday to pay a settlement of about $200,000 and his legal costs.

This did not prevent him from being accused of libelling the head of state and being sentenced to a year's imprisonment.

A Blackpool football fan who is accused of libelling the club's owners on the internet has told a court he has "never written anything defamatory".

Not long after the publication got started, Mr. Belousov was accused of criminal libel by prosecutors and civil libel by Mayor Strelchenko.

Jit Siratranont, 56, the former Thai MP accused of criminal libel, could face up to two years in prison and a fine of £16.4m after he made a speech at Bangkok's Kasetsart University saying Tesco Lotus's expansion was "aggressive".