*Guest post by prof. Dirk Voorhoof, Ghent University and Daniel Simons, Greenpeace International.
In a case about a Ukrainian journalist being arrested during an anti-globalisation protest in Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Butkevich v. Russia (13 February 2018) has clarified that the gathering of information is an essential preparatory step in journalism and an inherent, protected part of press freedom. The ECtHR found that the arrest, prosecution and conviction of the journalist had violated his right to freedom [Read more…] about The right of journalistic newsgathering during demonstrations