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Muscovite jailed for staging protest, holding 'Je suis Charlie' poster

Moscow's Tverskoy District Court on Friday sentenced Muscovite Mark Galperin to 8 days in jail for staging an unuathorised protest in the city, holding 'Je suis Charlie' poster.

15:41 16.01.2015

Court rules that publicizing German ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl quotes is illegal

Thursday the Land Court of Cologne ruled against journalist Heribert Schwan in Helmut Kohl’s lawsuit against Schwan, who was Kohl’s biographer, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

16:24 13.11.2014

Russian lawmaker calls on regulators to ban Euronews - report

State Duma lawmaker Mikhail Markelov (Untied Russia) has asked Russia’s telecom regulator Roskomnadzor and the Prosecutor General’s Office to stop Euronews broadcasts because of a program in which President Vladimir Putin’s face is used by pro-Ukraine fighters as a shooting target.

12:50 15.09.2014

Germany violated mass media right to criticize Gerhard Schröder - ECHR

The rights of one of the largest European media conglomerates, Axel Springer AG, were violated by Germany after several national courts prohibited the publication of an article criticizing actions of the German ex-Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday.

13:40 10.07.2014

Regulator to analyze Marvel’s Avengers for incitement of violence

The Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor will analyze Marvel’s The Avengers comics for incitement of violence and acts of cruelty at the request of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media, Izvestia newspaper writes on Wednesday, citing a source at the press and mass media agency.

11:46 09.07.2014

New York appeals court says cyberbullying is not against law - report

The New York State Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that cyberbullying is not a crime and does not infringe on constitutional rights, The New York Post writes.

16:25 02.07.2014

Ukraine demands another Russian TV channel’s ban

Ukraine’s National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting filed a lawsuit in court seeking the suspension of the Russian TV Center-International channel in Ukraine, according to the council’s website.

13:42 24.06.2014

Russia demands immediate release of journalists detained in Ukraine

Russia demands immediate release of the LifeNews journalists detained by the National Guard of Ukraine, President Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

11:15 20.05.2014

OSCE requests release of Russian journalists detained in Ukraine

In a letter to Arsen Avakov, appointed Interior Minister after the regime change in Ukraine, the OSCE requested the release of the LifeNews journalists that were detained by the National Guard of Ukraine and called for a thorough investigation of the incident, according to a statement by the OSCE Press Service obtained by RIA Novosti.

16:57 19.05.2014

Consumer protection NGO's lawsuit against CATV networks dismissed

Moscow's Savyolovsky District Court on Tuesday rejected lawsuit filed by the Consumer Rights Protection Society against several cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the channel's website, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

15:48 08.04.2014

Google appeals Turkish court’s decision to uphold YouTube ban – report

Google has turned to the Turkish courts to challenge the country’s block of YouTube that has been in place since March 27, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

16:26 07.04.2014

Turkish court rules to lift YouTube block

An Ankara court on Friday ruled that the total block of YouTube in Turkey was in violation of human rights and ordered to its cancellation, with the exception of certain video and audio recordings.

14:32 04.04.2014

US court finds ‘encouraging’ suicide is a constitutionally protected right

Distasteful as it may be, speech encouraging or advising another to commit suicide is entitled to free-speech protection under the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Minnesota’s highest court held Thursday.

15:06 20.03.2014

US court finds school was correct in banning US-flag shirts on Mexican holiday

In a US case that has sparked a considerable debate on the rights and limitations of patriotism, a California state court held Thursday that a high school acted appropriately in asking a group of students not to wear apparel featuring depictions of the American flag during the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.

16:26 28.02.2014

Snowden joins Freedom of the Press Foundation's board

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will sit on the board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the American NGO said on its website.

10:27 15.01.2014

Turkey violated rights of journalists during 2007 presidential campaign – ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Turkey violated the free expression rights of a pair of journalists, a Turkish daily, and its owner, in light of an injunction that was imposed against a national newspaper at the president’s request.

17:27 08.10.2013

Germany did not violate Princess Caroline's privacy rights - ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Germany did not violate the rights of Monaco's Princess Caroline von Hannover to respect for private and family life by refusing to enjoin the further publication of a photograph of the royal couple on vacation.

14:42 19.09.2013

Luxembourg violated free expression rights of news agency – ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Luxembourg violated the rights of a news agency and its journalists to free expression and protected privacy and family life by issuing a disproportionately broad search warrant as part of a defamation investigation.

15:57 18.04.2013

French court opens case against Femen activists

An investigation has been launched against the Femen activists who staged a rally in the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after Pope Benedict XVI's resignation.

17:40 15.04.2013

Famous Turkish pianist convicted of insulting Islam

Turkish pianist Fazil Say has received a 10-month prison sentence suspended for five years for insulting the Muslim values of Turkish citizens, local media reported on Monday.

17:17 15.04.2013