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Wabl v. Austria

Wabl v. Austria 111 11 hrcd [ 2000 ] WABL v. AUSTRIA Right to freedom of expression – no violation Article 10 Applicant’s indignation about defamatory reporting, associating him with a disease provoking fear and antipathy amongst the majority of the population, could not justify the reproach of Nazi working methods against a newspaper, which came close to a charge of criminal behaviour. Applicant could be enjoined from repeating such reproach. In a judgment delivered on 21 March 2000 in the case of Wabl v. Austria , the European Court of Human Rights held by six votes to one that there had been no violation of Article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1. Principal facts The applicant, Andreas Wabl, an Austrian national, was a member of Parliament in the Austrian Green party. On 10 June 1988 Mr Wabl, scratched a police officer in the course of a protest campaign against the stationing of interceptor fighter planes near Graz Airport. On 14 August 1988 an article in Austria’s most popular national daily newspaper Kronen-Zeitung quoted the police officer calling for Mr Wabl to have an AIDS test. On 17 August, the newspaper published a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Case Digest Brill

Wabl v. Austria

Human Rights Case Digest , Volume 11 (3-4): 111 – Jan 1, 2000
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Brill
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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0965-934X
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1571-8131
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10.1163/15718130020617684
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111 11 hrcd [ 2000 ] WABL v. AUSTRIA Right to freedom of expression – no violation Article 10 Applicant’s indignation about defamatory reporting, associating him with a disease provoking fear and antipathy amongst the majority of the population, could not justify the reproach of Nazi working methods against a newspaper, which came close to a charge of criminal behaviour. Applicant could be enjoined from repeating such reproach. In a judgment delivered on 21 March 2000 in the case of Wabl v. Austria , the European Court of Human Rights held by six votes to one that there had been no violation of Article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights. 1. Principal facts The applicant, Andreas Wabl, an Austrian national, was a member of Parliament in the Austrian Green party. On 10 June 1988 Mr Wabl, scratched a police officer in the course of a protest campaign against the stationing of interceptor fighter planes near Graz Airport. On 14 August 1988 an article in Austria’s most popular national daily newspaper Kronen-Zeitung quoted the police officer calling for Mr Wabl to have an AIDS test. On 17 August, the newspaper published a

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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