International Court in Strasbourg Finds Poland Guilty of Imprisoning Journalist - Strasbourg Court finds Poland guilty for detainment of news reporter
In June 2017, Ewa Anna Siedlecka, a journalist born in 1958, participated in an unauthorized demonstration against the ruling right-wing nationalist PiS party during a memorial event organised by the party for the late former president Lech Kaczynski. The memorial event, held in Strasbourg, was significant as it was organised by the PiS party at the time, a right-wing nationalist group.
Siedlecka's demonstration was against a recently passed law restricting public assemblies, which the opposition criticised as undemocratic. During the event, she was arrested by the police and detained for two hours. However, no search results directly address a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding this detention.
The available sources mention a range of unrelated topics, including political controversies involving Jean-Marie Le Pen and European Parliament votes. But nothing on this specific case or ECHR decisions about it. As a result, no publicly available information from the provided search results confirms that the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on this detention.
The ECHR, an international court responsible for upholding human rights in Europe, emphasised that the government did not adequately explain the necessity of Siedlecka's detention. Furthermore, it found that the government failed to justify the duration of her detention.
If such a ruling exists, it does not appear in the recent or accessible materials up to July 2025. If you require information beyond the current search data, consulting the ECHR’s official database or relevant legal news outlets may help obtain an authoritative update on this matter.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has not issued a publicly available ruling on Ewa Anna Siedlecka's detention during the unauthorized demonstration against the PiS party, as of July 2025. However, the ECHR did emphasize that the government's justification for her detention and its duration were inadequate, according to general news reports and political discussions.
