La sentencia a Pablo Hasél choca frontalmente con lo dictaminado por el tribunal de Estrasburgo y la jurisprudencia del Constitucional Expertos ven oportuna la iniciativa del Gobierno al considerar excesiva la pena de prisión en delitos como el enaltecimiento del terrorismo Las discrepancias entre órganos judiciales también se han hecho patentes en ilícitos como las injurias a la Corona o el ultraje a la bandera
Recordemos que el TEDH confirmó la condena a Anna Sinkova, activista ucraniana, por freír huevos en la llama del monumento al soldado desconcido y consideró que su libertad de expresión no fue violada aunque se le condenó a 3 años de cárcel (que se suspendieron) y al pago de 4000 euros.
Para quien quiera leerse la sentencia:
The Court found that Ms Sinkova had only been prosecuted on criminal charges and convicted for
frying eggs on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; that charge had not concerned either her posting
the video on the Internet or the accompanying explanation. She had therefore been convicted for a
particular type of conduct in a particular place, based on a general prohibition of expressing
contempt for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Indeed, she could have found more suitable ways to express her views or participate in protests
about the State’s use of natural gas or the needs of war veterans, without breaking the criminal law
or insulting the memory of soldiers who had given their lives defending their country.
Moreover, she has never served a single day of her suspended prison sentence.
Ms Sinkova’s conviction was therefore reconcilable with her freedom of expression and the Court
concluded that there had been no violation of Article 10.
Just satisfaction (Article 41)
The Court held that Ukraine was to pay Ms Sinkova 4,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
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Recordemos que el TEDH confirmó la condena a Anna Sinkova, activista ucraniana, por freír huevos en la llama del monumento al soldado desconcido y consideró que su libertad de expresión no fue violada aunque se le condenó a 3 años de cárcel (que se suspendieron) y al pago de 4000 euros.
Para quien quiera leerse la sentencia:
The Court found that Ms Sinkova had only been prosecuted on criminal charges and convicted for
frying eggs on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; that charge had not concerned either her posting
the video on the Internet or the accompanying explanation. She had therefore been convicted for a
particular type of conduct in a particular place, based on a general prohibition of expressing
contempt for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Indeed, she could have found more suitable ways to express her views or participate in protests
about the State’s use of natural gas or the needs of war veterans, without breaking the criminal law
or insulting the memory of soldiers who had given their lives defending their country.
Moreover, she has never served a single day of her suspended prison sentence.
Ms Sinkova’s conviction was therefore reconcilable with her freedom of expression and the Court
concluded that there had been no violation of Article 10.
Just satisfaction (Article 41)
The Court held that Ukraine was to pay Ms Sinkova 4,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-6018999-7720484&filename=Judgment%20Sinkova%20v.%20Ukraine%20-%20detention%20and%20conviction%20for%20frying%20eggs%20on%20a%20war%20memorial.pdf
#1 El pago de los 4000 euros fue de Ucrania a Anna Sinkova por mantenerla en prisión preventiva sin ofrecerle una alternativa, no al revés.
Y no digo nada ya del delito de ofensión de los sentimientos religiosos.