European Court of Human Rights Raps France Over Press Crackdown
Friday, 29 June 2012 07:39
Posted by David Icke
'The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has issued a verdict, calling unconstitutional the French authorities’ searching the offices of two publications and homes of five journalists in connection with their coverage of a doping scandal.
"The measures taken were not reasonably proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued, having regard to the interest of a democratic society in ensuring and maintaining the freedom of the press," the court ruled, according to a Thursday report by AFP. The court said the French government had violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which governs press freedom.'
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