JUDGMENT Alain Bonnet v. France 24.02.22 (app. no. 35364/10) see here SUMMARY Criminal conviction of the applicant Alain Bonnet, known as Alain Soral, by the French courts for the offence of proffering a public insult of a racial nature against an individual or group on account of their origin or of belonging to a given […]
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 […]
JUDGMENT Banaszczyk v. Poland 21.12.2021 (app. no. 66299/10) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression. Issues of public interest. Conviction of a journalist by a criminal court for his articles against a hospital and a doctor. The applicant journalist of a local newspaper, in an article he published, accused a well-known hospital doctor and criticized the […]
JUDGMENT Ilıcak v. Turkey 14.12.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 1210/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the arrest and pre-trial detention of Nazlı Ilıcak following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016 in Turkey. Ms Ilıcak is a famous journalist who is known for her critical views on the policies of the current government. The […]
JUDGMENT Țiriac v. Romania 30.11.2021 (app. no. 51107/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned an allegedly defamatory press article about Mr Țiriac, and the court proceedings that followed. The Court found in particular that as the article had been a mixture of value judgment and supported factual statements, had had no discernible negative effect on […]
JUDGMENT Biancardi v. Italy 25.11.2021 (app. no. 77419/16) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the “right to be forgotten”. The applicant, a former editor-in-chief of an online newspaper, was found liable in civil proceedings for having kept on his newspaper’s website an article reporting on a fight in a restaurant, giving details on the related […]
JUDGMENT Milosavljević v. Serbia 21.09.2021 (no. 2) (app. no. 47274/19) see here SUMMARY Freedom of expression, public figures and responsible journalism. Balancing the freedom of expression of the journalist and protecting the personality of the victim. The plaintiff was ordered by a court order to pay, together with two other defendants, to the administrator of […]
JUDGMENT Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia, a.s. v. Slovakia 23.09.2021 (no. 4) (app. no. 26826/16) see here SUMMARY A famous singer allegedly expressed support for marijuana legalisation and the journalist allegedly appeared to agree with him resulting in the broadcaster being fined. The Court found in particular that the journalist had not intended to praise marijuana […]
JUDGMENT Öğreten and Kanaat v. Turkey 18.05.2021 (app. no. 42201/17 and 42212/17) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the detention (from December 2016 to December 2017) of two journalists for membership of terrorist organisations. Both journalists had published, in the press entities in which they worked, emails from the account of the then Turkish Energy […]
JUDGMENT Milosavljević v. Serbia 25.05.2021(app. no. 57574/14) see here SUMMARY Responsible journalism and freedom of expression. The applicant journalist, in a well-known magazine, published an article accusing a local council member of attempting to rape a minor Roma girl without any evidence and without prosecution be innitiated against the alleged rapist. The civil courts ordered […]
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