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Mon 09 Sep 2009UK libel laws 'used to block criticism'
BRITAIN’S LIBEL laws are being used by major medical companies and others to block justifiable criticism, leading writer and biologist Richard Dawkins has warned, following a string of legal actions against scientific writers and researchers.
Mr Dawkins urged Liberal Democrat delegates meeting in Bournemouth yesterday to support calls for changes to British libel laws that would put all of the responsibility on a publisher to prove allegations made.
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