Journalist convicted for statements against Associations of Judges and Prosecutors! Violation of freedom of expression!
JUDGMENT Freitas Rangel v. Portugal 11.01.2022 (app. no. 78873/13) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the applicant’s conviction for statements made about the professional bodies for judges and for public prosecutors at a hearing of a parliamentary committee. In particular, he had linked the judiciary and the prosecution service to, among other things, interference in […]
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 […]