The European Court of Human Rights has notified in writing its Chamber judgment - not final - in the case of Pinto Coelho v. Portugal . The case concerned the criminal conviction of a journalist for showing, during a TV report, copies of documents from judicial proceedings pending against the former
director-general of the criminal investigation department, the publication of suchdocuments being automatically punishable when the proceedings are subject to judicial secrecy
The Court held, violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European |