Failure to examine defendant’s arguments for the credibility of the evidence on which her conviction for a speech was based violated the freedom of expression
JUDGMENT Hatice Çoban v. Turkey 29.10.2019 (no. 36226/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Ms Çoban’s criminal conviction for disseminating propaganda in favour of a terrorist organisation on account of a speech she had given. The Court reiterated that the fairness of proceedings and the procedural guarantees afforded were factors to be taken into account […]