In 2010, MANS followed the work of judicial bodies in cases against the media and the NGOs pertaining to the right of the freedom of speech, involving criminal proceedings on the account of criminal offences of insult and defamation, and civil proceedings for the indemnification on the account of violation of honour and reputation.
We deem particularly important that full safeguards should be put in place to enable journalists, the media, the civil society and the public at large to speak freely of all matters of public interest, particularly the ones pertaining to anticorruption and organised crime. Any restriction and interference with the freedom of speech which is not compliant with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) standards and case law may be interpreted as protection and encouragement to criminal structures to proceed with criminal activities. For this reason, working on this project we focused particular attention to cases pertaining to the domain of the freedom of speech on anticorruption and organised crime matters.
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