Commissioner for Human Rights

Access of prisoners to the internet - the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights

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Refusal to grant access to web pages containing legal information constitutes violation of their rights on access to the Internet. On 19 January 2016  European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg passed its ruling with regard to Kalda v. Estonia. The Court stated violation of the Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights on freedom of expression