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Nigeria: Defamation Lessons from Trump to Babalola

Lalatendu Das - December 22, 2024. Published in The Guardian

The recent $15 million libel settlement between Donald Trump and ABC News is a significant development.

U.A.E.: The Dishonest Spectacle of Trump Being Interviewed by Dr. Phil

Lalatendu Das - June 18, 2024. Published in The National

Viewers watched two former TV celebrities bonding tightly over conspiratorial and legally unsound theories.

U.K.: Trump Is Facing Multiple Charges – but There Is 1 That Could Seriously Harm His Reputation

Lalatendu Das - November 17, 2023. Published in The Guardian

Of the many cases against the presidential hopeful, a civil trial that threatens his image as a tycoon is likely to hit him hardest.

U.A.E.: A Jury of Trump’s Peers Have Judged Him – Now More Voters Will, Too

Lalatendu Das - May 11, 2023. Published in The National

Women across America will find it hard to ignore the $5 million verdict against [Donald Trump] in his case against writer E. Jean Carroll.

U.K.: The Guardian View on Consequences for Trump: This Beginning Took Bravery

Lalatendu Das - May 11, 2023. Published in The Guardian

A jury verdict finding the former president liable for sexual abuse and lies won’t fix U.S. politics. But it still matters.

U.K.: The Observer View: Donald Trump Deserves To Face the Full Force of Justice

Lalatendu Das - April 3, 2023. Published in The Guardian

The United States was founded on the rule of law. It must not now flinch from upholding it.

China: A US Not Safe for Own Citizens Is Not Qualified To Lead the World

Lalatendu Das - September 17, 2022. Published in Global Times

The basic social order of the U.S. is severely challenged.

U.K.: Russia’s Mass Rapes in Ukraine Are a War Crime. Its Military Leaders Must Face Prosecution

Lalatendu Das - April 16, 2022. Published in The Guardian

When President Joe Biden talked of genocide in Ukraine, lawyers responded that there wasn’t yet enough evidence to meet the legal threshold.

U.K.: Is the US Really a ‘Failed State’ or Has the Internet Just Become a Series of Poor Comparisons?

Lalatendu Das - April 14, 2022. Published in The Guardian

On social media, a tendency to connect disparate news stories is causing many of us to lose our sense of reality.

U.K.: The Ghislaine Maxwell Case Raises a Question Some May Think Naive: Why?

Lalatendu Das - January 4, 2022. Published in The Guardian

Faced with profound human wickedness, the most basic question of all is the one we rarely ask.

U.K.: The Spotlight Must Now Turn to the Rich Men Ghislaine Maxwell Trafficked Girls For

Lalatendu Das - January 3, 2022. Published in The Guardian

The woman who procured girls for Jeffrey Epstein and his friends will die in prison – but most of the men involved still walk free.

U.K.: Is This the End of the Twitter Pile-on? If So, I’m Delighted

Lalatendu Das - November 7, 2021. Published in Independent

The government’s announcement that trolls could face two years in prison for online abuse comes as a welcome relief to me and many women.

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