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 […]
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 Number 74742/14 European Court of Human Rights An anonymous post was placed on a small blog stating that the applicant was part of a Nazi Party. The applicant informed the blog which removed the post and issued an apology. The applicant sued the blog for this post but his case was rejected by national […]
Application No. 33629/06 European Court of Human Rights During a demonstration, the applicant wore the red star as a symbol of the international workers’ movement and was convicted of the offence of using a totalitarian symbol. The ECtHR found that despite the atrocities committed by the Communist Regime, the uneasiness the wearing of the star […]
Application Number 40721/08 European Court of Human Rights The applicant complained that he was fined for displaying the striped Árpád flag (which has controversial historical connotations in Hungary) less than 100 metres away from a demonstration against racism and hatred. The Court found that the applicant, who had not behaved violently or abusively and had not […]
Application Number 35285/16 European Court of Human Rights The case concerned Nix’s conviction for posting a picture on his blog in 2014 of the former SS chief, Heinrich Himmler, in SS uniform wearing a swastika armband. In January 2015, the Munich District Court convicted Nix of, among other things, using symbols of unconstitutional organizations after […]
Application Number 12194/86 European Commission of Human Rights The applicant had prepared and disseminated various publications in the framework of an organization allegedly attempting to reinstitute the National Socialist Party. He was sentenced to over three years in prison for preparing and disseminating material of an unconstitutional organization. The Commission relied on […]
Application Number 32307/96 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was sentenced to imprisonment of no less than eight years for carrying out activities contrary to the National Socialism Prohibition Act. The Court relied on Article 17, finding the application manifestly ill-founded. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{“fulltext”:[“Schimanek”],”itemid”:[“001-24075”]} Theme(s): Totalitarianism Date: 1 February 2000 Description of applicant(s): Citizen Brief […]