Reporter seeks U.N. help in Net case

An American journalist who's facing trial in Australia over an article posted on the Web site of U.S.-based Barron's is asking the United Nations for help, Cnet reports. Bill Alpert has asked the United Nations to find that Australia violated his free-speech rights by ordering him to stand trial under the defamation laws of that country after he wrote an investigative article about a prominent Australian businessman. The case is being closely watched because it could set precedent on whether material on the Internet can be subject to the laws of any country whose citizens can access to it.

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