CASE OF STUDIO MONITORI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTION      CASE OF STUDIO MONITORI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA (Applications nos. 44920/09 and 8942/10)       JUDGMENT Art 10 • Freedom to receive and impart information • Courts’ denial of applicants’ unmotivated requests to access criminal files concerning unrelated third parties, not instrumental for exercise of freedom of expression rights • Information sought not meeting a public-interest test STRASBOURG 30 January 2020 FINAL 30/05/2020 This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Studio Monitori and Others v. Georgia,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, André Potocki, Yonko Grozev, Mārtiņš Mits, Lәtif Hüseynov, Lado Chanturia, judges,and Claudia Westerdiek, Section Registrar,Having deliberated in p …