The Basic Court in Podgorica, Montenegro, acting in the first instance, held that the right to life of Mr. Tufik Softić, an investigative journalist, had been violated after the Montenegrin authorities failed to conduct an effective investigation into attempts on his life.
The Constitutional Court of Montenegro held that the right to life of an investigative journalist, Tufik Softić, had been violated by the Montenegrin authorities’ failure to conduct a proper and timely investigation into violent attacks against him.
A Paraguayan Court sentenced Vilmar Acosta, former mayor of the city of Ypehú in the Department of Canindeyú, to 39 years in prison for ordering the assassination of journalist Pablo Medina. Medina investigated crimes in Ypejhú and had published articles on the alleged participation of “Clan Acosta” in homicides and drug trafficking in the area, allegations that had also been investigated by the Office of the Public Prosecutor.
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled that formal accreditation wasn't necessary for a person to be considered a journalist, and that any person who performs a journalistic function regularly, independently or in a media outlet can be considered a journalist.
The European Court of Human Rights held that Turkey violated a journalist's rights to liberty and freedom of expression when it failed to terminate his pre-trial detention following a Constitutional Court’s decision finding that this measure was unlawful.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) rendered an opinion that found that the deprivation of liberty of a well-known Ugandan academic and activist, Stella Nyanzi, was arbitrary.
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence
and to advance understanding of the norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression.
