Trafigura, the Guardian and good old Barbra Streisand (and Twitter)
Dear Jack Straw,
I’m looking forward to your response to MP Paul Farrelly’s parliamentary question, as follows -
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following the injunctions obtained in the High Court by (i) Barclays and Freshfields solicitors on 19 March 2009 on the publication of internal Barclays reports documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura.“
Kind Regards,
KeithBelfast, the people of the Ivory Coast, twitter and Barbra Streisand (of the Streisand effect) x0×0
p.s. it’s pretty fecking hilarious that a question about injunctions has been injuncted
Feel free to re-publish this blog post.
Update: It’s Over – massive online protest forces Carter-Ruck to cave in.
Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger breaks the news on twitter -
@arusbridger #carterruck #guardian. High Court hearing fixed for 2pm. Other papers joining action.. but maybe devs
@arusbridger Victory! #CarterRuck caves-in. No #Guardian court hearing. Media can now report Paul Farrelly’s PQ about #Trafigura. More soon on Guardian..
@arusbridger Thanks to Twitter/all tweeters for fantastic support over past 16 hours! Great victory for free speech. #guardian #trafigura#carterRuck
@arusbridger And here’s what all the fuss was about… http://tiny.cc/pxLAu #guardiantrafigura #carterruck
I’m pretty sure any argument left that twitter is completely useless, just went out the window about 15 minutes ago.
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