BALASKAS v. GREECE - 73087/17 (Judgment : Freedom of expression-{general} Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage - award : First Section)

Art 10 • Freedom of expression • Suspended prison sentence imposed on journalist, in disregard of Convention standards, for calling a school headmaster a �neo-Nazi� in reply to his publicly expressed views

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Ksenija Turković, President, ��������� Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� P�ter Paczolay, ��������� Gilberto Felici, ��������� Erik Wennerstr�m, ��������� Lorraine Schembri Orland, judges, and Abel Campos, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 73087/17 ) against the Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a Greek national, Mr Efstratios Balaskas (�the applicant�), on 4 October 2017;