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Former U.S. Ambassador Pleads Not Guilty in Seoul on Criminal Defamation Charges

The case tests whether South Korea can use criminal defamation law to punish speech made in the United States.

Appeals Court Lets Jay‑Z Seek Discovery to Try to Reopen Suit Against Tony Buzbee

Gera Drops Case Against AfD Leader Björn Höcke, Mühlhausen Proceedings Remain Pending

Judge Is Permitted to Join Obstruction Inquiry as Private Accuser and Ex‑PSOE Activist Appeals

Chennai Court Sentences YouTuber Savukku Shankar to Three Years' Jail

Turkish Comedian Deniz Göktaş Convicted but Freed Pending Appeal

Judge Pedraz Accepts Judge Biedma as Injured Party in Leire Díez Probe

STF Convicts Eduardo Bolsonaro of Defamation for Posts About Tabata Amaral

Delhi High Court Dismisses Ajeet Bharti's Anticipatory Bail in SC/ST Act Case

Gandhinagar Court Grants Bail to Journalist Ravi Nair After Re‑arrest

AfriForum Says NPA Will Charge Fikile Mbalula With Crimen Injuria

Gujarat High Court Allows Adani To File Affidavit While Ravi Nair Remains in Custody

Ekrem İmamoğlu Sentenced to 25 Months and Barred From Political Activity

Bundestag Lifts Immunity of AfD MP Stephan Brandner

Influencer Santosh Pandit Remanded to 14 Days' Judicial Custody

Supreme Court Tells Complainant To File Formal Plea in Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case

Delhi Court Denies Ajeet Bharti Anticipatory Bail in SC/ST Act Case

Pune Influencer Santosh Pandit Arrested Over Obscene and Defamatory Videos

Istanbul Court Allows Indictment Against Comedian Deniz Göktas

Moscow Court Bars Actions by Children's Hospice Head Under Probe for Spreading Army 'Fakes'