Article 10 - Freedom of expression

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Mortensen v. Denmark, no. 16756/24

21/10/25

Applicant’s criminal conviction of defamation for posting on another private individual’s social media account that a named leader of a political party “is allowed to be a Nazi”.
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Imanov v. Azerbaijan, no. 62/20

07/10/25

Disbarment of a lawyer on account of the statements he had made to the press about the alleged ill-treatment of his client in prison, directly targeting the prison staff and calling into question their professionalism and integrity.
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Google LLC and Others v. Russia, no. 37027/22

08/07/25

Imposition of substantial fines on Google LLC for (a) failure to comply with take-down requests concerning user-generated content hosted on YouTube, containing a broad range of content, including political expression, criticism of the Government, reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by independent news outlets, and support for LGBTQ rights; (b) failure to comply with a domestic courts’ order to restore a television channel’s YouTube account, which had been suspended due to sanctions imposed on the channel’s owner for providing material and public support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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