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| Domain | Definition |
Military & Defense | An offence against personal honour, in which a person, in addressing a third party, makes an accusation against or casts suspicion on another of dishonourable conduct, or of other conduct that is liable to damage another's reputation, or disseminates such accusations or suspicions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Greece | In most criminal defamation cases, the defendant typically was released on bail pending appeal, and no jail time was ever served. (references) |
Brazil | Coelho was killed by a gunman the evening before he was to testify in a criminal defamation lawsuit involving a local politician. (references) | |
India | In Assam the state government has attempted to impede criticism by filing a number of criminal defamation charges against journalists. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | In May 1999, the then-Attorney General warned that those accusing the Government of selective prosecution could be charged with sedition or criminal defamation. (references) |
Bangladesh | Hossain then served legal notice on the victim's family, demanding that they explain why they should not be charged with criminal defamation, although Hossain did not subsequently pursue the defamation case. (references) | |
Malaysia | The Bar Council criticized the then-Attorney General's statement and stated that it showed "a lack of respect or understanding of the concept of democracy and the rule of law." No one was charged with sedition or criminal defamation on such grounds during the year. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | The Penal Code also provides for criminal defamation offenses; however, there were no reports that it was used for political purposes during the year. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "CRIMINAL DEFAMATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | calomnie. (various references) | ||||
German | Verleumdung (aspersion, calumniation, calumny, defamation, libel, libeling, obloquy, scurrility, slander, slandering, slanderousness, smear, traducement). (various references) | ||||
Italian | calunnia (aspersion, calumniation, calumny, libel, obloquy, slander, slanderousness, slur, smear). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | iminalcray efamationday | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-d-e-f-i-i-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-r-t" | |
-5 letters: microfilament. | |
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