Europe’s top court backs Russian newspaper portraying an official as Osama bin Laden
By Emil Weber
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 21st November backed a Russian newspaper for its sarcastic portrayal of an administrative official as Osama bin Laden.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0)
A local newspaper, Zemlyaki, published two articles in 2004 concerning the activities of the head of the Kstovo District Administration. In the first article, a member of the local council criticised the head of the administration’s spending and property management. The newspaper compared it to a fable implying that its hero “was a fool”.…
