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![Auszug aus EGMR-Entscheidung im Fall Hessenthaler:
Alleged violation of Article 10 of the Convention
20. In his complaint under Article 10 of the Convention the applicant stated again that his criminal prosecution and conviction had been politically motivated and could have a chilling effect on others. The Court considers that the secretly recorded video which triggered the Ibiza affair concerned improper conduct by high-ranking politicians (see paragraph 2 above) and there is no doubt that this is an important matter in a democratic society which the public has a legitimate interest in being informed about and which falls within the scope of political debate (see [...]). It also reiterates that the vexatious or malicious use of the law and legal process to prevent or sanction contributions to public debate can become a means of intimidating and silencing journalists and other social watchdogs (see [...]).
21. However, as can be seen from the above findings (see paragraphs 13, 15 and 17 above), there are no indications that criminal proceedings had been initiated against the applicant as a repressive measure in reaction to the publication of the video which had led to the Ibiza affair. Moreover, the acts for which the applicant was convicted are completely unrelated to his involvement in the secret recording and publication of the video in question. The present case therefore concerns the taking of measures against the applicant for actions that, under the domestic legal system, infringed criminal law in a manner unrelated to the exercise of freedom of expression. As the applicant was held liable for breaching a generally applicable law that was not designed to suppress nor have the effect of interfering with the applicant’s freedom of expression, the Court finds that the conduct for which he was sanctioned did not fall within the ambit of Article 10 of the Convention (see Kotlyar v. Russia, nos. 38825/16 and 2 others, §§ 38-45, 12 July 2022).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3jkjbngiahrp4zumy5wylfap/bafkreidmw45yhkytxtt6bvqr533g6tsmnchks4n2d57se5fxktccteb6hy)
