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Irresponsible Journalism in the United Kingdom
Margaret Watson
All we ever hear about is journalist and their editors bellowing on and on about their human rights under article 10 of the EU Convention of Human Rights, to publish what ever they like about innocent homicide victims. Such so called professional journalist and their editors, will not let the facts get in the way of what they see as a great story and lets fact it, these so called journalist and their editors are onlt too aware of the (fact) families of innocent homicide victims have no legal standing under United Kingdom's Defamation Legislation, so they can and do disseminate false information to their readers in the clear knowledge families of homicide victims have no legal right to formally challeng their published lies by way of taking civil action for defamation of the deceased. Yet they are the very ones who scream like pigs going to be slaughtered when families of homicide victims dare expose their vile lies. Lets take a closer look at article 10 of the EU Convention - something neither the EU Commissioner of Human Rights or the UK Government what to do! Article 10 section 2 "The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subjected to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interest of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others" New lets look at the office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (UN) declaration of Human rights - Article 12 "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks". Why are irresponible journalist and their editors being allowed to get awy with unjustly defiling the good name and reputation of innocent homicide victims with impunity by the EU Court of Human Rights and by the UK Government?
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