By Philipp Fess Saxony’s Justice Minister Constanze Geiert is calling for an end to insulting politicians. She argues that protecting Chancellor Merz is hardly justifiable to the public. The law against “insulting a monarch” is once again under scrutiny. Telepolis had already reported on the visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan in […]
Application Numbers 12385/15 and 51619/15 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The first applicant was the founder and director of the applicant association. In 2011, he posted a short note on the applicant association’s website concerning about the Russian Orthodox Church. He was placed on the list of terrorist and extremists, prosecuted for hate […]
Application Number 45581/15 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant was, at the material time, parliamentary candidate for Front National. He was criminally convicted for inciting hatred or violence against a group of people/an individual due to their religion. His conviction resulted from his failure to promptly delete comments written by […]
Application Number 20985/05 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicants were convicted of publicly defending war crimes due to a book their company distributed in which the author, a former member of the special services, described torture and summary executions carried out during the war in Algeria. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-90662%22]} Theme(s): Violence […]
Application Number 34050/05 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was, at the material time, deputy mayor of Lyon. In 2002, a ceremony took place on the occasion of an honorary event for the President of Jean Moulin Lyon III university. This event gave rise to a demonstration of people contesting the honor because of […]
Application Number 26682/95 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was a major shareholder of a company that owns a weekly review. In 1992 two letters were published in the review which were deemed by the Turkish authorities to disseminate propaganda against the indivisibility of the State and provoke enmity and hatred among the people. The […]
Application Number 35071/97 European Court of Human Rights The applicants were involved, in one way or another, with a daily newspaper which published pieces to reflect the Turkish Kurdish opinion. The applicants submitted that the newspaper underwent a campaign of terror which eventually led to its closure. The Court found that Turkey did not protect […]
MEDYA FM REHA RADIO ve ÿletiÿim Hizmetleri A.ÿ v. TURKEY Application Number: 32842/02 European Court of Human Rights [Judgement delivered in French] The applicant was a company which broadcasts radio programmes. Following several comments made which were considered as inciting people to violence, terrorism or racial discrimination, a ban was imposed on broadcasting for 365 […]
Application Number 35071/97 European Court of Human Rights The applicant is the leader of a community describing itself as an Islamic sect. During a television programme, the applicant was critical of secularism and called for the implementation of Sharia. The ECtHR found a violation of Article 10 since the mere reference to Sharia did not amount […]
Application Number 24919/94 European Court of Human Rights The applicant is a journalist who sent a speech to be read during the funeral of two of his friends who were sentenced to death for allegedly seeking to destroy the constitutional order by violence. The ECtHR found the speech to be a political criticism of the […]