Awarded compensation due to defamation of a municipality for a Facebook post protesting the sale of municipal property to a private party. Violation of freedom of expression
JUDGMENT Mária Somogyi v. Hungary 16.05.2024 (app. no. 15076/17) see here SUMMARY The applicant republished a third party’s post accusing the municipality of mismanagement of its property and public funds. The post called on residents to join a demonstration on the grounds that the Tata municipality had sold a municipal heritage building to a local […]