nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e6a385ef92fc2826 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260109s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e6a385ef92fc2826 doi eng 342 23 Alkiviadou, Natalie Author aut God Save Freedom of Expression - George Gavriel and the Politics of Offence under Article 10 ECHR Alkiviadou, Natalie Verfassungsblog 2026-01-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier An art exhibition by Cypriot artist George Gavriel was cancelled last month following intense political and social reactions, culminating in death threats and a violent attack. The episode raises a fundamental question under Article 10 ECHR: can the suppression of artistic expression through political instrumentalization and institutional withdrawal amount to an interference with freedom of expression in the absence of a formal ban? Read against the Court’s jurisprudence, the Gavriel episode illustrates a broader structural failure rather than an isolated anomaly. CC BY-SA 4.0 Art. 10 ECHR Blasphemy ECtHR European Court of Human Rights Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention (1950 November 4) Freedom of Expression freedom of religion (DE-588)4015727-1 gnd Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention (1950 November 4) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/freedom-expression-religion-echr/ raw object