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Freedom of expression under ECHR Article 10 — and its limits

How Article 10 of the European Convention protects expression, when states may restrict it, and the questions to ask when a report is called unlawful.

The three-part test

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas, without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. For anyone who publishes, broadcasts or reports in Europe, it is the baseline against which restrictions on expression are measured. Three points are worth fixing early. First, Article…

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