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Yes, Prime Minister (bis) : prosecution for satirical collage criticising Turkish prime minister’s foreign policy violated artist’s freedom of expression

Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof (UGent)
(2021) STRASBOURG OBSERVERS.
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On 2 February 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) unanimously found that the criminal proceedings against an artist’s satirical collage ‘insulting’ the Turkish Prime Minister violated his right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In an earlier case (Tuşalp v. Turkey) about press articles criticising the then Prime Minister, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the ECtHR also concluded that the Turkish authorities had disproportionately interfered with freedom of political expression, by overprotecting the reputation of the Prime Minister (see our blog entitled ‘Yes Prime Minister!’ here). In its latest judgment in Dickinson v. Turkey the ECtHR confirms that a politician must show a greater tolerance towards criticism, especially when the expression takes the form of satire. Most importantly, the ECtHR found that Article 10 was violated, even where the applicant has ‘only’ been criminally prosecuted, without any sanction being imposed. The ECtHR considers that being prosecuted for insult of a political leader, with a risk of being imprisoned, has a chilling effect on the right to freedom of expression.
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Freedom of expression, political expression, satire

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MLA
Ó Fathaigh, Ronan, and Dirk Voorhoof. “Yes, Prime Minister (Bis) : Prosecution for Satirical Collage Criticising Turkish Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Violated Artist’s Freedom of Expression.” STRASBOURG OBSERVERS, no. 19/03/2021, Human Rights Centre, 2021.
APA
Ó Fathaigh, R., & Voorhoof, D. (2021). Yes, Prime Minister (bis) : prosecution for satirical collage criticising Turkish prime minister’s foreign policy violated artist’s freedom of expression. Ghent: Human Rights Centre.
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Ó Fathaigh, Ronan, and Dirk Voorhoof. 2021. “Yes, Prime Minister (Bis) : Prosecution for Satirical Collage Criticising Turkish Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Violated Artist’s Freedom of Expression.” STRASBOURG OBSERVERS. Ghent: Human Rights Centre.
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Ó Fathaigh, Ronan, and Dirk Voorhoof. 2021. “Yes, Prime Minister (Bis) : Prosecution for Satirical Collage Criticising Turkish Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Violated Artist’s Freedom of Expression.” STRASBOURG OBSERVERS. Ghent: Human Rights Centre.
Vancouver
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Ó Fathaigh R, Voorhoof D. Yes, Prime Minister (bis) : prosecution for satirical collage criticising Turkish prime minister’s foreign policy violated artist’s freedom of expression. STRASBOURG OBSERVERS. Ghent: Human Rights Centre; 2021.
IEEE
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R. Ó Fathaigh and D. Voorhoof, “Yes, Prime Minister (bis) : prosecution for satirical collage criticising Turkish prime minister’s foreign policy violated artist’s freedom of expression,” STRASBOURG OBSERVERS, no. 19/03/2021. Human Rights Centre, Ghent, 2021.
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