JUDGMENT Mándli and others v. Hungary 26.05.2020 (no. 63164/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the suspension of the applicants’ Parliament accreditation as journalists. The Court found in particular that the applicants, journalists working for various media outlets, had been reporting on a matter of public interest – alleged illicit payments linked to the National […]
JUDGMENT Koulias v. Cyprus 26.05.2020 (no. 48781/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s complaint that one of the Supreme Court judges in proceedings against him for defamation was not impartial as the judge’s son worked for the law firm whose founding partner represented the appellant in the case. The Court found in particular […]
JUDGMENT Mehdi Tanrıkulu v. Turkey 05.05.2020 (no. 9735/12) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression and the right of citizens to valid information. The plaintiff owns a publishing house in Istanbul. He published a book on the Kurdish revolutionary organization PKK. He was prosecuted on charges of propaganda for a terrorist organization and was sentenced by […]
JUDGMENT Kövesi v. Romania 05.05.2020 (no. 3594/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s removal as the chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate before the end of her second term following her criticism of legislative reforms in the area of corruption. She alleged that she had also been unable to challenge that decision […]
JUDGMENT ATV Zrt v. Hungary 28.04.2020 (no. 61178/14) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression and journalism. The National Media and Information Authority has banned a television company from describing a political party as “far-right” as part of a news program, as national media law has barred any “opinion” from the news presenter. The TV company […]
JUDGMENT Pendov v. Bulgaria 26.03.2020 (no. 44229/11) βsee here SUMMARY Seizure of server for 7.5 months from a person who was not indicted. Professional use for website. Right to property and freedom of expression. Restricted access to the applicant’s cultural web site on Japanese anime due to unnecessary and prolonged confiscation of his computer server […]
JUDGMENT Tête v. Frabce 26.03.2020 (no. 59636/16) see here SUMMARY In this case the applicant complained about his conviction for malicious falsehood on account of an open letter which he had written to the President of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), in which he accused the Olympique Lyonnais Group (“the OL Group”) and its […]
JUDGMENT Altıntaş v. Turkey 10.03.2020 (no. 50495/08) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a judicial fine imposed on Mr Altıntaş for an article published in 2007 in his periodical Tokat Demokrat, describing the perpetrators of the “Kızıldere events”, among others as “idols of the youth”. The events in question took place in March 1972, when […]
JUDGMENT Religious Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Azerbaijan 20.02.2020 (no. 52884/09) see here SUMMARY Freedom of thought, religion and expression. The applicant religious community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan complained that the state had banned the introduction of specific religious literature on the grounds that religious tensions would be created. The domestic Courts dismissed the […]
JUDGMENT Özer v. Turkey 11.02.2020 (no. 3) (no. 69270/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned criminal proceedings brought against Mr Özer over an article published in his magazine. Mr Özer was prosecuted and convicted of the criminal offence of providing propaganda for a terrorist organisation, under section 7(2) of Law No. 3713. The Court reiterated […]
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