GASI AND OTHERS v. SERBIA - 24738/19 (Judgment : No Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} : Second Section)

Art 10 • Freedom of expression • No failure to discharge positive obligation to protect journalists and activists, who took part in protests, from threats and a media campaign against them • Prosecutor�s findings and rejection of applicants� criminal complaint not arbitrary or manifestly unreasonable, or based on unacceptable assessment of facts • Respondent state offering a number of other effective means, not used by applicants, for their protection

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 (Second Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Jon Fridrik Kj�lbro, President, ��������� Carlo Ranzoni, ��������� Branko Lubarda, ��������� Pauliine Koskelo, ��������� Jovan Ilievski, ��������� Gilberto Felici, ��������� Diana S�rcu, judges, and Hasan Bakırcı, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 24738/19) against the Republic of Serbia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by four Serbian nationals, Mr Ilir Ga�i (the first applicant), Mr Vuka�in Obradović (the second applicant), Ms Antonela Riha (the third applicant), and Ms Tamara Skroza (the fourth applicant), on 30 April 2019;