Polish 'sex scandal' case leads to important court ruling
By Emil Weber
A recent precedent of the The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) makes a distinction between journalists’ responsibility for defamation in claims made in published interviews and claims made in full journalism stories.
The offices of "Gazeta Wyborcza" in Wroclaw (photo: Jane Whyatt/ECPMF)
The court judgement concerning journalist Marcin Kącki’s interview in the context of a “sex-scandal” in Poland establishes stricter criteria for restricting freedom of speech in the cases of interviews in democratic societies.
Mr. Kącki published the interview with a political party activist in the daily 'Gazeta Wyborcza', in December 2006. At the time the party was represented…
