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Προσθήκη του ot.gr στην GoogleTwo landmark rulings—one by the Athens Court of First Instance and the other by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg—have this summer drawn a defining line between state power and the citizen. Together, they identify the guardian of that boundary: free, responsible journalism upheld by an independent judiciary.
Both judgments are significant and mutually reinforcing in their affirmation of the rule of law and freedom of the press. They strike at the heart of democracy itself: the citizen’s right to know and the judge’s duty to remain free from pressure.
The Cases
In the case of Marinakis v. Greece (Applications Nos. 25916/18 and 37429/18, judgment of June 23, 2026), the Third Section of the European Court of Human Rights found that Greece had violated the presumption of innocence under Article 6 §2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Court condemned the use of unofficial government “non-papers” issued by the press office of the then Prime Minister, as well as defamatory public statements made by ministers against a private
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