ORBAN AND OTHERS v FRANCE

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 […]

MEDYA FM REHA RADIO v Turkey

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 […]

GÜNDÜZ v. TURKEY

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 […]

ALTINTAS v TURKEY

Application Number 50495/08 European Court of Human Rights   [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant published an article in his periodical idolizing the persons who murdered three NATO soldiers. The Court found that the manner in which the article described the events and murderers glorified violence and, as such, there was no violation of Article […]