Let's free Peterková too. Freedom of speech has been rather restricted, says constitutional lawyer

Comment by Tomáš Koblížek: The Constitutional Court overturned the sentence of activist Ladislav Vrabel for his false statements, citing the need to protect freedom of speech. However, it avoided the difficult question of whether and why freedom of speech should protect propaganda campaigns. And whether, on the contrary, it is not propaganda, not its restriction, that threatens our free discussion. Let's analyze why the Constitutional Court's ve…

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday overturned the verdict against activist Ladislav Vrabel for his statement that the Czech Republic would attack Russia with nuclear weapons. The tribunal stated that democracy must also withstand the “spread of nonsense.” Constitutional lawyer Jan Kudrna said in an interview with iDNES.cz that another activist, Jana Peterková, should be acquitted by the same logic. “In the last three to four years, there has be…