PIHL v SWEDEN

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 […]

VEJDELAND AND OTHERS v SWEDEN

Application Number 1813/07 European Court of Human Rights The applicants gave out leaflets at a secondary school with homophobic statements, including linking HIV and AIDS and pedophilia with homosexuals. They were fined in Sweden. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10 since their speech amounted to an attack against homosexuals, regardless of the lack […]