The surreptitiously taken photos of the applicant who was the Party Chairman partner at her exit from the hospital violated the respect for private life
JUDGMENT
Dupate v. Latvia 19.11.2020 (app. no. 18068/11)
Photographes taken secretly of mother and newborn child as they leave the maternity clinic and their publication in the media. The applicant was the partner of the President of a political party, who was a public figure. Right to the protection of the privacy of the mother. Balancing privacy and freedom of expression.
Turkish courts have sentenced an opposition leader to compensation for saying ” you are not godly, you are a religion-monger “! Condemnation of Turkey for violating freedom of expression!
JUDGMENT Kılıçdaroğlu v. Turkey 27.10.2020 (app. no. 16558/18) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a civil judgment ordering Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition party, to pay compensation for tarnishing the reputation of the then Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on account of remarks made by him in two speeches delivered in 2012 on […]