Euro court fines Turkey 40,000 euros on death

[Bahoz]

Euro court fines Turkey 40,000 euros on death

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) fined Turkey 40,000 euros in total in response to the murder of a 19-year-old man in 2006. He was shot and killed after neglecting to obey the police officer’s order to stop in the southeastern province of Adana.

The court ruled Turkey to pay 30,000 euros for non-pecuniary damage to the mother of Murat Kasap, 19, who died on Sept. 29 2006 after being shot by a police officer while trying to escape from the officer who had stopped him while he was riding a motorcycle, ruling it violated Article 2, Right to Life. The European court also decided that 10,000 euros should be paid to the four sisters of the deceased as non-pecuniary damage.

In June 2009, the police officer was found guilty by a criminal court of having caused the death by negligence.

The criminal court sentenced the officer to one year and eight months’ imprisonment, but then suspended the pronouncement of the judgment.

 

[-SINAN-]

What a news. Here some more from me.

European Court Upholds Finnish Ruling on Politician's Privacy

The European Court of Human Rights supported a Finnish court decision to fine a woman for writing a tell-all book in 2007 about her affair with then Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.

The judgment on Tuesday is the latest example of the Strasbourg-based court having to toe the line between upholding the European Convention on Human Rights articles of freedom of expression and the privacy rights of people, even those in the spotlight.

The decision upholds Finland's Supreme Court's judgment against the book's author, Susan Ruusunen, and her publisher in 2010, which resulted in fines.

In an interview, Mr. Vanhanen, who has retired from politics, said he was pleased with a "decision that shows where the limits are." Ms. Ruusunen declined to comment.

The European Court of Human Rights handles cases which have been decided on at the highest levels of appeal in its 47 member states. Citizens can ask the court to re-examine those cases if they believe that one of their basic rights as set at out in the human-rights convention has been violated.

In Tuesday's ruling, the European Court of Human Rights came down on a different side of the privacy-freedom of speech dichotomy than in some recent high-profile cases. In 2012, it found that Princess Caroline of Monaco's right to privacy wasn't violated when two German magazines published photos of her on vacation.

The Finnish case stems from Ms. Ruusunen's book, "The Prime Minister's Fiancée," which included about 70 pages of intimate detail related to an affair she said she had with Mr. Vanhanen. According to her, the relationship began in 2006 after the two met online, and then blossomed into an affair.

Mr. Vanhanen filed a criminal complaint against the publisher of the book, but not against Ms. Ruusunen. He has never challenged the veracity of the book, but said the publication of certain details violated his and his children's privacy.

Ms. Ruusunen argued that what she did in her book was basically to tell her own story, including details of her own private life, even if Mr. Vanhanen was part of those intimate details.

Finland's Supreme Court sided with Mr. Vanhanen, saying publishing details about the "core area" of his private life, specifically matters related to sexual behavior, was out of bounds. It also imposed a €300 ($400) fine on Ms. Ruusunen.

Ms. Ruusunen's book was taken out of print in early 2008, but can still be obtained.

While the European Court of Human Rights said that politicians need to put up with closer scrutiny than ordinary citizens, it decided that a restriction of freedom of speech was necessary to protect a prime minister's private life.

Päivi Tiilikka, a Professor of media law at Helsinki University, said "the conclusion is that even people in the highest positions of power have some kind of right to private life." She said the European Court of Human Rights in the past 10 years has given the right to privacy as much weight as the freedom of expression.

"That makes the weighting and balancing more difficult, because there are two human rights of equal value that need to be balanced," Ms. Tiilikka said.

Following the scandal caused by her book, revealing pictures of Ms. Ruusunen have on occasion appeared in Finnish tabloids. In recent years, however, she has largely withdrawn from public view and now runs her own catering business.

European Court Upholds Finnish Ruling on Politician's Privacy - WSJ.com

 

[Bahoz]

What a news. Here some more from me.

European Court Upholds Finnish Ruling on Politician's Privacy

The European Court of Human Rights supported a Finnish court decision to fine a woman for writing a tell-all book in 2007 about her affair with then Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.

The judgment on Tuesday is the latest example of the Strasbourg-based court having to toe the line between upholding the European Convention on Human Rights articles of freedom of expression and the privacy rights of people, even those in the spotlight.

The decision upholds Finland's Supreme Court's judgment against the book's author, Susan Ruusunen, and her publisher in 2010, which resulted in fines.

In an interview, Mr. Vanhanen, who has retired from politics, said he was pleased with a "decision that shows where the limits are." Ms. Ruusunen declined to comment.

The European Court of Human Rights handles cases which have been decided on at the highest levels of appeal in its 47 member states. Citizens can ask the court to re-examine those cases if they believe that one of their basic rights as set at out in the human-rights convention has been violated.

In Tuesday's ruling, the European Court of Human Rights came down on a different side of the privacy-freedom of speech dichotomy than in some recent high-profile cases. In 2012, it found that Princess Caroline of Monaco's right to privacy wasn't violated when two German magazines published photos of her on vacation.

The Finnish case stems from Ms. Ruusunen's book, "The Prime Minister's Fiancée," which included about 70 pages of intimate detail related to an affair she said she had with Mr. Vanhanen. According to her, the relationship began in 2006 after the two met online, and then blossomed into an affair.

Mr. Vanhanen filed a criminal complaint against the publisher of the book, but not against Ms. Ruusunen. He has never challenged the veracity of the book, but said the publication of certain details violated his and his children's privacy.

Ms. Ruusunen argued that what she did in her book was basically to tell her own story, including details of her own private life, even if Mr. Vanhanen was part of those intimate details.

Finland's Supreme Court sided with Mr. Vanhanen, saying publishing details about the "core area" of his private life, specifically matters related to sexual behavior, was out of bounds. It also imposed a €300 ($400) fine on Ms. Ruusunen.

Ms. Ruusunen's book was taken out of print in early 2008, but can still be obtained.

While the European Court of Human Rights said that politicians need to put up with closer scrutiny than ordinary citizens, it decided that a restriction of freedom of speech was necessary to protect a prime minister's private life.

Päivi Tiilikka, a Professor of media law at Helsinki University, said "the conclusion is that even people in the highest positions of power have some kind of right to private life." She said the European Court of Human Rights in the past 10 years has given the right to privacy as much weight as the freedom of expression.

"That makes the weighting and balancing more difficult, because there are two human rights of equal value that need to be balanced," Ms. Tiilikka said.

Following the scandal caused by her book, revealing pictures of Ms. Ruusunen have on occasion appeared in Finnish tabloids. In recent years, however, she has largely withdrawn from public view and now runs her own catering business.

European Court Upholds Finnish Ruling on Politician's Privacy - WSJ.com

I understand that the killing of young people is just jokes in your ears sinan. I guess you were laughing your *** off when young people were getting beaten and killed during Gezi right? You have a short memory and sight.

 

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I understand that the killing of young people is just jokes in your ears sinan. I guess you were laughing your *** off when young people were getting beaten and killed during Gezi right? You have a short memory and sight.

I was in Gezi protests in Ankara.....

 

[Jf Thunder]

dont listen to the courts Turkey, bomb it asap

 

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Let me contribute to that tool @Bahoz `s worthless thread so that he wouldnt have to bump his own threads like the rest

European Court fines Sweden over girl video case

The European Court of Human Rights has told Sweden to pay compensation to a woman whose right to privacy was violated when her stepfather tried to film her naked in the bathroom.

Eliza Soederman was 14 when she found the hidden video camera in the bathroom at home in 2002.

The court said Swedish law had failed to protect her privacy because at that time covert filming was not an offence.

The stepfather was convicted of sexual molestation over the filming.

He was acquitted on appeal.

The court in Strasbourg said Sweden must pay Ms Soederman 39,700 euros (£33,500; $53,370) in damages, which includes compensation for legal costs.

A court statement said her mother had reported the filming to police about two years later and had burned the film without anyone having seen it.

A law covering such violations of privacy took effect in Sweden in July this year.

The European Court judges took the view that the man could not have been convicted of attempted child pornography because the Swedish penal code did not define the term "pornographic picture".

He was acquitted over alleged sexual molestation because Swedish law at the time did not extend that crime to cases of covert filming.

 

[Bahoz]

Yep. As expected, the killing of young people is just a comedy for racist Turks. Unfortunately.