A dispute over media freedoms in Estonia reaching the Supreme Court is a good thing in terms of establishing precedent, a former prosecutor general says.
Recent punishments for journalists are surprising in light of general practice as I have always lived in knowing, both as prosecutor general and after, that section 214 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not provide grounds for fining journalists, Normal Aas writes.
Center Party MPs do not support in its current form a draft bill which would allow a bar on the display of provocative symbols relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, principally on the grounds of online hate speech provisions included in the same bill, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Monday night.
The government has phrased the bill for limiting the use of aggressive symbols too vaguely that leaves room for provocations and renders the work of the police more difficult, sworn lawyer Norman Aas told Vikerraadio on Friday.