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STRASBOURG COURT PROVIDED A STRONG STANDARD ON DATA RETENTION AND SECRET SURVEILLANCE
In a judgment of 11th of January 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Bulgaria’s legislation on secret surveillance is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Strasbourg-based court was asked to evaluate Bulgaria’s surveillance law, as well as several articles in the country’s criminal code.
The applicants are two Bulgarian nationals, Mihail Ekimdzhiev and Aleksandar Kashamov, who are lawyers, and two non-governmental organisations, the Association for European Integration and Human Rights, and the Access to Information
Европейският съд по правата на човека постанови, че осъждането на журналист по наказателно дело за клевета да плати глоби и обезщетения в размер на тридесет пет пъти месечната й заплата е в нарушение на правото на свобода на изразяване.