As the head of The David Horowitz Freedom Center and Editor-in-Chief of Frontpagemag.com, I welcome the bipartisan "Libel Terrorism Protection Act" (A-9652 and S-6687), which was introduced two weeks ago in the New York Assembly and Senate by Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D) and Senator Dean Skelos (R). The bill was introduced to protect New York authors and publishers who expose terrorism and terrorist financiers from meritless defamation lawsuits filed in foreign courts.
A wealthy Saudi has now successfully silenced more than 40 authors and publishers, including many Americans, through threats and lawsuits in the U.K., which has notoriously plaintiff-friendly libel laws. Dr. Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It (http://www.acdemocracy.org) was sued by Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz in a London court, despite the fact that the book was never published in England and neither Ehrenfeld nor bin Mahfouz reside there. Ehrenfeld refused to acknowledge the British court which ruled against her by default. The Court ordered large monetary damages, a "declaration of falsity" against the book, a demand for a public apology, an injunction against U.K. publication, and the destruction of the book. Read more ...
A wealthy Saudi has now successfully silenced more than 40 authors and publishers, including many Americans, through threats and lawsuits in the U.K., which has notoriously plaintiff-friendly libel laws. Dr. Ehrenfeld, author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It (http://www.acdemocracy.org) was sued by Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz in a London court, despite the fact that the book was never published in England and neither Ehrenfeld nor bin Mahfouz reside there. Ehrenfeld refused to acknowledge the British court which ruled against her by default. The Court ordered large monetary damages, a "declaration of falsity" against the book, a demand for a public apology, an injunction against U.K. publication, and the destruction of the book. Read more ...
Source: FrontPage Magazine
Muslims Against Sharia encourage every moderate Muslim to vocally support this initiative.
Dean G. Skelos
Deputy Majority Leader for Legislative Operations
9th Senate District
55 Front Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
(516) 766-8383
Fax: (516) 766-8011
Assemblyman Rory Lancman
New York State Assembly, 25TH District
77-40 170th Street
Fresh Meadows, NY 11366
Tel: 718-820-0241
Fax: 718-820-0414
718-820-0241 (District Office)
rlancman@nyad25.org
The chair persons of the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees:
John A. DeFrancisco
http://senatordefrancisco.org/50/default.aspx (Senate) jdefranc@senate.state.ny.us
Fax: 518-426-6952 or 315-472-4157
Helene E. Weinstein
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem?ad=041 (Assembly) weinsth@assembly.state.ny.us
Fax: 718-769-4846
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