Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 05/08/2014

Subject: The Court rejects the BBC appeal against the second instance decision which limited its right to freedom of the press by prohibiting to mention the name of a foreign citizen sentenced for sexual crimes, whose safety would be in danger after his expulsion towards his Country

Parties: A (Respondent) v British Broadcasting Corporation (Appellant) (Scotland)

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 11 Media

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