Application Number 52273/07 European Court of Human Rights The case concerned the applicant’s conviction and sentence to five years in jail for newsletter articles he had written on the armed conflict in Chechnya. The national courts held that these articles had justified terrorism and violence and incited hatred. The ECtHR found that there was a […]
Application Number 3619/03 European Court of Human Rights Just after the attack on the twin towers, a cartoonist drew a drawing of the towers with the capture “We have all dreamt of it… Hamas did it” for publication. He was charged with EUR 1500. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10 since there was […]
Application Number 24683/14 European Court of Human Rights The case involved the conviction for terrorism offences through the promotion of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) through television programmes. The Court found that the television station could not benefit from the protection afforded by Article 10 as the applicants had tried to use it for purposes […]
Application no: 23168/94 The applicant wrote an anthology of poems on the Kurdish rebellion. He was charged for disseminating propaganda against the individisibilty of the State and sentenced to prison and also received a fine. The ECtHR contextualized the poems in the sensitivity of the security situation in South-East Turkey but held that regardless of […]