Cases

Egeland v Norway

Facts

Two Norwegian journalists alleged that their convictions and fines for publishing a photograph of a person leaving a court building, an act prohibited under Norwegian law, was a violation of Article 10. The photographs in question depicted one of the defendants in the highest profile triple murder trial in Norwegian history leaving court after her conviction. The defendant had broken down listening to the judgment and suffered a 'physical reaction in the form of nausea' and had spent time composing herself before emerging. The defendant's lawyer tried to prevent the photograph being taken. Images of the defendant had been published previously.

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