Gorelishvili v. Georgia

Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 98June 2007Gorelishvili v. Georgia - 12979/04Judgment 5.6.2007 [Section II]Article 10Article 10-1Freedom of expressionLack of a distinction between statements of fact and value judgments in domestic law at the material time: violation Facts: The applicant, a journalist, published a newspaper article criticising various politicians and government officials. In the context of the general problem of corruption in the public sector the article was part of a regular column which informed the public about the financial situation of political figures in the light of their property declarations. The article gave an overview of the financial situation of an exiled parliamentarian from the Abkhazian legislature in the light of his official property declaration. It included the following extracts: “The son in law probably gave a hand to his father-in-law …