High Court backs journalist after Official Secrets Act seizure of devices and documents
Previous judge found to have failed to consider arguments over protections for journalistic material.
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Boris Johnson says he does not want journalists prosecuted for public interest work under Official Secrets Acts reforms
The Prime Minister said he does not want to see journalists prosecuted for doing what is in the public interest…
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Sun, Mail and Rusbridger align as industry unites against Official Secrets Act reforms
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger has argued reforms to the Official Secrets Act would mean a future Edward Snowden-style whistleblower…
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UK journalists could be jailed like spies under proposed Official Secrets Act changes
Journalists could be treated like spies for reporting on matters of public interest under planned reforms to the UK’s Official…
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Proposed reforms to official secrets ‘regime’ would create ‘damaging inroads’ into press freedom, warns NMA
The News Media Association has today warned that proposed reforms to the “regime protecting official information” would create “damaging and…
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May plays down plans to strengthen Official Secrets Act: ‘We would not do anything to restrict the freedom of journalists’
Whistleblowers and investigative journalists will not have their freedom restricted, Downing Street has insisted, despite concerns over proposals to beef up…
ByWhistleblower reveals all in New Statesman
The Foreign Office official who had all charges under the Official Secrets Act against him dropped last week has revealed…
ByGilligan: Defend whistleblowers like Pasquill
Journalists must be more vociferous in defending whistleblowers like Derek Pasquill, according to Andrew Gilligan. “Leaks and whistleblowers are a…
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