23rd June 2004
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Supreme Court dismisses appeal by journalist convicted of libeling clerk
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Public Interest Ombudsman's (RPO) appeal concerning the case of Andrzej Marek, a journalist from Police who was convicted of libeling a clerk.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Public Interest Ombudsman’s (RPO) appeal concerning the case of Andrzej Marek, a journalist from Police who was convicted of libeling a clerk. The decision came despite the fact that the injured party in the case has expressed his desire for Marek to be acquitted and not serve time in prison. "Journalistic liberty can make use of exaggerations and provocations," asserted the RPO's Piotr Sobota. "The journalist was using his right to free speech, which is guaranteed by the European Tribunal of Human Rights and by the Constitution," he added. However, the Supreme Court argued that "the deliberate spreading of untrue information stands in opposition to freedom of speech." Piotr Misiło, the libeled clerk, claims that he does not want apologies anymore and even wrote a letter to the president asking for Andrzej Marek to be acquitted. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) A.F.
From Warsaw Business Journal
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