(Admissibility) The claimants, members of the British Nation Party, had complained of defamation by other elements of the BNP as regards te circumstances of the theft of the proceeds of a meeting being stolen from their home. The claim had been dismissed as reportage of a politicalk event with Reynolds privilege: ‘libel litigation is not the conduct of political vendettas by other means.’
Held: The applicants had faied to exhaust the domestic remedies available and the case was declared inadmissible.
Judges:
Lech Garlicki, P
Citations:
38681/08, [2011] ECHR 1220
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 6.1
Human Rights, Defamation, Media
Updated: 19 September 2022; Ref: scu.443792