Savva Terentyev v. Russia : criminal conviction for inciting hatred against the police violated a blogger’s freedom of expression
- Author
- Dirk Voorhoof (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- In Savva Terentyev v. Russia the ECtHR has applied a very high level of free speech-protection for aggressively insulting and hostile comments about police officers, published on a weblog. The ECtHR observes that some of the wording in the blog post was offensive, insulting and virulent, but it found that the (emotional and sarcastic) comments as a whole could not be seen as inciting to hatred or violence. In contrast with the findings by the Russian authorities, the ECtHR is of the opinion that Terentyev’s blog did not pose “a clear and imminent danger” and could not be seen as stirring up “base emotions or embedded prejudices” attempting to incite hatred or violence against Russian police officers.
- Keywords
- Freedom of Expression, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, case law, incitement, insult, 'hate speech', real and imminent danger
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8579344
- MLA
- Voorhoof, Dirk. “Savva Terentyev v. Russia : Criminal Conviction for Inciting Hatred against the Police Violated a Blogger’s Freedom of Expression.” Strasbourg Observers Blog, Human Rights Center and Ghent University, 2018, p. 5.
- APA
- Voorhoof, D. (2018). Savva Terentyev v. Russia : criminal conviction for inciting hatred against the police violated a blogger’s freedom of expression. Gent: Human Rights Center and Ghent University.
- Chicago author-date
- Voorhoof, Dirk. 2018. “Savva Terentyev v. Russia : Criminal Conviction for Inciting Hatred against the Police Violated a Blogger’s Freedom of Expression.” Strasbourg Observers Blog. Gent: Human Rights Center and Ghent University.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Voorhoof, Dirk. 2018. “Savva Terentyev v. Russia : Criminal Conviction for Inciting Hatred against the Police Violated a Blogger’s Freedom of Expression.” Strasbourg Observers Blog. Gent: Human Rights Center and Ghent University.
- Vancouver
- 1.Voorhoof D. Savva Terentyev v. Russia : criminal conviction for inciting hatred against the police violated a blogger’s freedom of expression. Strasbourg Observers Blog. Gent: Human Rights Center and Ghent University; 2018. p. 5.
- IEEE
- [1]D. Voorhoof, “Savva Terentyev v. Russia : criminal conviction for inciting hatred against the police violated a blogger’s freedom of expression,” Strasbourg Observers Blog. Human Rights Center and Ghent University, Gent, p. 5, 2018.
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