Article 10 - Freedom of expression

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Străisteanu v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 9989/20

05/06/25

Obligation imposed on the applicant, a lawyer and well-known LGBTQ+ rights activist, to remove videos from her Facebook page that showed another lawyer making insulting and homophobic remarks toward her just before the Pride parade.
Judgment

Leost v. France (dec.), no. 42635/20

27/05/25

Criminal conviction of the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing photographs taken during criminal court hearings related to terrorist attacks.
Decision

Selishcheva and Others v. Russia, nos. 39056/22 and 9 others

27/05/25

Collection and storage of the applicants’ political data shared with electoral authorities and refusal to register them as candidates in municipal elections based on police information alleging their “involvement” with organisations designated as “extremist” by the domestic courts.
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