Application Number 26682/95 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was a major shareholder of a company that owns a weekly review. In 1992 two letters were published in the review which were deemed by the Turkish authorities to disseminate propaganda against the indivisibility of the State and provoke enmity and hatred among the people. The […]
Application Number 35071/97 European Court of Human Rights The applicants were involved, in one way or another, with a daily newspaper which published pieces to reflect the Turkish Kurdish opinion. The applicants submitted that the newspaper underwent a campaign of terror which eventually led to its closure. The Court found that Turkey did not protect […]
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 […]
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 […]
Application Number 24919/94 European Court of Human Rights The applicant is a journalist who sent a speech to be read during the funeral of two of his friends who were sentenced to death for allegedly seeking to destroy the constitutional order by violence. The ECtHR found the speech to be a political criticism of the […]
Application Number 16853/05 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant was the president of a political party who, during a meeting, made statements about the Kurdish problem and the need for a democratic solution. The Court held that the applicant’s statements did not incite violence and did not constitute hate […]
Application Number: 25723/94 European Court of Human Rights The applicant was editor of a periodical entitled “The Worker’s Voice” which published an article written by a reader on the Kurdish Problem. He was charged with disseminating propaganda. The ECtHR found that the article dealt with an issue of public interest and did not incite […]
Application Number 77650/01 European Court of Human Rights [Judgement delivered in French] The applicant was convicted for disseminating propaganda against the indivisibility of the State following the publication of an article in the newspaper at which he was editor-in-chief. The ECtHR found that the article was a critical discussion of the […]
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 42571/98 European Court of Human Rights The applicant, owner of a publishing house which published “The Forbidden Phrases” was charged with blasphemy. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10, since the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed could be abusive to some believers. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-70113%22]} Theme(s): Religious Hatred/Blasphemy Date: 13 December 2006 Description […]