The size of the criminal conviction against the defendant for defamation of a lawyer and law firm for his comments on a television show was disproportionate. Violation of freedom of expression
JUDGMENT Almeida Arroja v. Portugal 19.03.2024 (app. no. 47238/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned Mr Almeida Arroja’s criminal conviction for aggravated defamation and causing offence to a legal entity. He had implied, during a broadcast on the television channel Porto Canal, that a legal opinion provided to a public hospital by a law firm, […]