Article 10 - Freedom of expression

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SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, S.A v. Portugal (no. 2), no. 2746/21

13/01/26

Applicant television company ordered by the Supreme Court to pay damages to two private individuals for broadcasting, without their express consent, a recording of them at a stand-up comedy show for promotional purposes.
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Danileţ v. Romania [GC], no. 16915/21

15/12/25

Disciplinary sanction (temporary pay cut) imposed on a judge for posting two messages on his Facebook page, the first one questioning the integrity of State institutions, the second one containing language deemed to be unworthy of a judge.
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Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others

11/12/25

Dispersal of a demonstration, also with the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police, in front of the Georgian Parliament in June 2019, during which the twenty-six applicants – mostly demonstrators and journalists – were injured.
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