StrasbourgObserver: A joke-telling lawyer: The case of Simic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

Posted on by Natalie Alkiviadou in Global Free Speech, Hate Speech, News, Our Perspectives

Introduction In May this year, the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held unanimously that holding a lawyer in contempt of court for a ‘caustic’ and ‘sarcastic’ comments amounted to a violation of his Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) right to freedom of expression. Facts In […]

Human Rights Here: Banning Russia Today and Sputnik in Europe is a bad idea

Posted on by Natalie Alkiviadou and Raghav Mendiratta in Disinformation, Global Free Speech, News, Our Perspectives

By Raghav Mendiratta and Natalie Alkiviadou On March 1, 2022, Regulation 2022/350 of the Council of the European Union (EU) suspended broadcasting activities of Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik in the EU until Russia ends the aggression against Ukraine and its media “cease to conduct propaganda actions” against the EU and its Member States. The Regulation (as well as the […]