Article 10 - Freedom of expression
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Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy, no. 64356/19
Suspension by ministerial decree and subsequent annulment by legislation of a bidding procedure for the allocation of frequencies for digital terrestrial television broadcasting regulated by the appropriate regulatory authority.
Judgment
Mortensen v. Denmark, no. 16756/24
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”.
Judgment
Imanov v. Azerbaijan, no. 62/20
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.
Judgment
Key Themes

Related Key Theme(s) from other Article / Transversal Theme pages
- Protection against hate speech (Articles 8, 13 and 14)
- Surveillance measures (Terrorism)
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- Freedom of expression (no. CDH(75)6)
- Freedom of expression (no. DH(56)15)
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