In The UK
Where a judge considers that reporting an ongoing case may prejudice a trial, what are termed "reporting restrictions" may be imposed while the case is in progress.
An order prohibiting publication under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act (1981) was issued forbidding any United Kingdom newspaper from releasing certain information regarding a memo which is alleged to have been an official transcript of a conversation between U.S. President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, which in the context of the planning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, regarded a plan to bomb selected offices of the Arabic language Al Jazeera television news station.
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