Resumen de Netherlands: Court orders public broadcasting organisation to take two articles offline and publish a rectification
The District Court of Midden-Nederland ordered the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (Dutch Public Broadcaster NOS), to rectify two articles it had published on its website. In these articles, Mr Baybaşin, the plaintiff, was associated with a person who is suspected of an execution in Turkey in 2014. More than a decade ago, the plaintiff received life imprisonment in the Netherlands for a series of serious offences, such as involvement in murder and hostage taking, and participation as a director in a criminal organisation. The Supreme Court dismissed his appeal in cassation, but in 2011 the plaintiff requested a judicial review of his sentence. Last year, NOS published an article on its website in which it reported on the arrest of nine people. The article also stated that according to multiple sources, one of the arrested men was a former partner of Mr Baybaşin. Two days later, NOS published a second article online, in which the plaintiff denied the association. Nevertheless, the plaintiff wanted both publications to be taken offline.
