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Inaccurate and unreliable publication of information about a government official without evidence. Condemnation of the newspaper to damages. Freedom of expression was not breached

Article 10
17/10/2022 06:22

JUDGMENT Khural and Zeynalov v. Azerbaijan 06.10.2022 (app. no. 55069/11) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the civil liability of the Khural newspaper for publishing defamatory statements about a well-known high-ranking government official. The Court noted in particular that, although the newspaper could claim to have a public “watchdog” function, reporting on issues of high […]

The act of cutting a cake for the PKK leader’s birthday was seen as propaganda. Criminal conviction! Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
25/09/2022 14:57

JUDGMENT Ete v. Turkey 06.09.2022 (app. no. 28154/20) see here SUMMARY Cutting a cake and handling it at the PKK leader’s birthday. Propaganda, criminal conviction and freedom of expression. The applicant was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment for propagating in favor of a terrorist organization for cutting and distributing pieces of cake on plates at […]

Statements on television about a matter of public interest at the expense of a minor’s guardian. The applicant’s criminal conviction for defamation! Condemnation of Greece by the Court for violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
22/09/2022 19:07

JUDGMENT Kitsos v. Greece 22.09.2022 ( app. no. 21793/14) see here SUMMARY The applicant was convicted of defamation of two persons who were exercising their duties, one as a guardian to an adult and the other as a member of the supervisory board. The applicant appeared on television and made accusations against the above two […]

A well-known singer has been sentenced to a high fine for her comment that the person who wrote the Bible was under the influence of wine and drugs! Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
16/09/2022 07:45

JUDGMENT Rabczewska v. Poland 15.09.2022 (app. no. 8257/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned a pop singer in Poland known as Doda and comments she had made in an interview about the Bible which the courts decided were blasphemous. Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression), the applicant complained that the use of the criminal […]

Removal of a party representative from the polling station without sufficient documentation. Violation of the freedom of expression

1st P - Article 3
14/09/2022 06:06

JUDGMENT Timur Sharipov v. Russia 13.09.2022 (app. no. 15758/13) see here SUMMARY The applicant was an election observer, appointed by a political party, at a Moscow polling station in the 2011 parliamentary elections. During the proceedings he videotaped the election process and the counting of votes. The Electoral Commission (PEC) of the electoral division removed […]

Terrorist sentenced to18 months in prison for pro-terrorist radio comments. Violation of the freedom of expression due to the severity of the sentence imposed

Article 10
12/08/2022 14:34

JUDGMENT Rouillan v. France 23.06.2022 (app. no. 28000/19) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the sentencing of Jean-Marc Rouillan, formerly a member of the terrorist group Action directe, to a term of 18 months’ imprisonment including a suspended portion of 10 months with probation, upon his conviction as an accessory to the offence of publicly […]

Disproportionately high compensation against a newspaper and its editor-in-chief for an article that baselessly accused the government of corruption. Violation of freedom of expression

Article 10
02/08/2022 07:05

JUDGMENT Azadliq and Zayidov v. Azerbaijan 30.06.2022 (app. no. 20755/08) see here SUMMARY The applicants, a newspaper and its editor-in-chief, published two articles about a former advisor to the President (T.A.) and his relatives, accusing them of corruption. T.A. brought an action for damages for defamation against the two applicants, who were ordered to pay […]

Murderous attack on a columnist because of hi critical religious views. Denying the widow access to the case file violated the procedural aspect of Article 2 of the ECHR

Article 10
29/07/2022 19:55

JUDGMENT Tagiyeva v. Azerbaijan 07.07.2022 (app. no. 72611/14) see here SUMMARY The applicant, Maila Bulud gizi Tagiyeva, is a citizen of Azerbaijan who was born in 1964 and lives in Baku. The case concerns the death of her husband, Rafig Tagiyev, after he was stabbed on 19 November 2011. The applicant’s husband was a well-known […]

A judge was dismissed and prosecuted for his critical views on changes in the judiciary. According to the ECtHR, he had not only the right but also the obligation to defend the rule of law! Violation of the freedom of expression

Administrative
27/06/2022 06:50

JUDGMENT Żurek v. Poland 16.06.2022 (app. no.39650/18) see here SUMMARY Mr Żurek is a judge. He was also spokesperson for the National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ), the constitutional body in Poland which safeguards the independence of courts and judges. In that capacity, he has been one of the main critics of the changes to […]

Arbitrary characterization of human rights NGOs as “foreign agents” and imposition of large fines! Violation of the freedom of association

Article 10
24/06/2022 06:39

JUDGMENT Ecodefence and others v. Russia 14.06.2022 (app. no. 9988/13 and 60 others) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the measures imposed by virtue of the Foreign Agents Act 2012 on the 73 applicant non-governmental organisations involved in civil-society issues, human rights, protection of the environment and cultural heritage, education, social security, and migration in […]

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