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Matúz v Hungary [2014] ECHR 1112

Dismissal of TV journalist breached human rights law

A state TV journalist in Hungary was dismissed following the publication of his book, which criticised censorship of a cultural programme. The introduction of his book called on readers to decide whether they regarded documents he had published as pieces of evidence of censorship or as a supervisor’s valid instructions to his colleagues. In Matúz v Hungary the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that the dismissal, for breach of confidentiality, unlawfully interfered with his right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

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