The refusal by a Christian-run bakery to make a cake with the words “Support Gay Marriage” and the QueerSpace logo on it. The application is inadmissible due to non-invocation of the articles of the ECHR in the domestic courts
JUDGMENT Lee v. the United Kingdom 06.01.2022 (app. no. 18860/19) see here SUMMARY Refusal to write on a cake a slogan in favor of same-sex marriage. Privacy, freedom of expression and non-discrimination. Invoking ECHR provisions explicitly or in substance in national courts. Inadmissible application. A bakery belonging to a Christian company refused the applicant to […]
Criminal conviction for comments on facebook related to a coup that took place a year later! Violation of freedom of expression
JUDGMENT Yasin Özdemir v. Turkey 07.12.2021 (app. no. 14606/18) see here SUMMARY The plaintiff was a teacher, who was accused of “glorifying” crimes and criminals through comments he posted on social media in April 2015, in favor of the Gulen organization and its leader (Fethullah Gulen). This behavior led to his criminal conviction. The ECtHR […]