Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 06/07/2022

Subject: The judgment on the penalty for defamation of an Elvas municipal councillor imposed to a political opponent for having published three cartoons by a painter on a blog which he ran at the time: according to the Court, there was violation of the Convention

Parties: Patrício Monteiro Telo de Abreu c. Portogallo

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 12 Freedom of association