Man charged with criminal libel for comments he allegedly posted on Craigslist. Dec. 2, 2008— -- A Colorado man accused of posting comments about his ex-girlfriend on the Web site Craigslist has ...

In December 2018, the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s law against criminal defamation on behalf of a man arrested for insulting police online. Twenty-five states have laws that make ...

House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about another person. “I’m a firm believer in our First Amendment right, but I ...

Ghana's former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, said that history had vindicated his government for the repeal of the criminal libel laws that were used to jail journalists. (MFWA/IFEX) – On 10 August ...

(MISA/IFEX) – On 13 July 2001, police in Mpika, in the Northern Province of Zambia, dropped a criminal libel charge they had laid on Ernest Mwape, a freelance journalist, over a story he had written ...