European court upholds right to report celebrities

The Irish media’s right to report on celebrities has been supported by two potentially groundbreaking rulings at the European Court of Human Rights.

European court upholds right to report celebrities
Wed, 08 Feb, 2012 - 00:00
Claire O'Sullivan

The ECHR rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco’s Princess Caroline and said an injunction preventing reporting German TV star arrest on cocaine charges was wrong.

The verdicts take immediate effect and set a benchmark for members of the 47-country Council of Europe.

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