Published on 15 July 2024
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 16756/24
Mathias Friis MORTENSEN
against Denmark
lodged on 7 June 2024
communicated on 24 June 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
By a High Court judgment, which became final on 7 February 2024, the applicant was convicted of defamation for having written in a post on Twitter (now X), that the controversial leader of a political party, P., “is allowed to be a Nazi ... [whereas another person was convicted for calling a police officer an idiot]”. The applicant was sentenced to 10 day-fines of 1,000 Danish Kroner (DKK) each, and ordered to pay compensation to P. in the amount of DKK 30,000.
The applicant complained that the High Court judgment was in violation of his rights under Article 10 of the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been a violation of the applicant’s right to freedom of expression, contrary to Article 10 of the Convention (see, amongst others, Brosa v. Germany, no. 5709/09, 17 April 2014 and Balaskas v. Greece, no. 73087/17, 5 November 2020)?