71. Other libel cases have been languishing in the courts for more than a decade. 72. Other libel cases have languished in the courts for more than a decade. 73. Prosecutors charged an assistant editor of a state-run newspaper Sunday with libeling a parliament member, the latest in a string of libel cases against Egyptian journalists. 74. Reporters are deterred by libel cases, with claimants seeking damages worth more than what many journalists make in a lifetime. 75. Sharon lost the libel case and appealed to the Supreme Court which has not yet reached a decision. 76. Second Premier Hun Sen agreed Wednesday to free a journalist jailed in a landmark libel case, clearing the way for a pardon by King Norodom Sihanouk. 77. Sharon lost the libel case and has appealed to the Supreme Court. 78. Sirica said he did not know if any legal action was possible because a libel case cannot be brought on behalf of someone who is dead. 79. Suspicions were raised after the trip when Ben-Gal changed his testimony in a libel case brought by Sharon against the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. 80. The Committee to Protect Journalists was especially critical of criminal libel cases that have sent three Egyptian editors and reporters to jail. |