The conviction for malicious accusations of a municipal councilor is a violation of freedom of expression.
JUDGMENT Athanasios Makris v. Greece (application no. 55135/10) 9.3.2017 see here SUMMARY Defamation. Freedom of expression. The applicant was mayor of Salamis for 12 years and at the relevant time he was a municipal councilor and head of the opposition party “Unity”. The case concerned his criminal conviction about malicious accusations because of the falsification, […]
