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issued by the Registrar of the Court   ECHR 242 (2025)   21.10.2025   Judgments of 21 October 2025   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing three Chamber judgments1:   two Chamber judgments are summarised below;   one separate press release has been issued for another Chamber judgment in the case of Abdulaal   Naser and Others v. Denmark (application no. 46571/22);   The judgments below are only available in English.   Mortensen v. Denmark (application no. 16756/24)   The applicant, Mathias Friis Mortensen, is a Danish national who was born in 1989 and lives in Kolind   (Denmark).   The case concerns Mr Mortensen’s conviction for writing a post in 2021 on (the at the time named)   Twitter, calling into question the fact that a controversial leader of a political party, R.P., was “allowed   to be a Nazi… [whereas another person was convicted for calling a police officer an idiot.]”. R.P., the   founder and leader of the right-wing and anti-Islam political party Stram Kurs, brought defamation   proceedings against Mr Mortensen. The courts found him guilty in 2023, ruling that the term “Nazi”   had been unfounded. He was given fines and ordered to pay compensation to R.P., sanctions which   amounted cumulatively to approximately 5,400 euros.   Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention of Human Rights,   Mr Mortensen alleges that his freedom to express an opinion on a matter of public interest, namely   the administration of justice in Denmark, was breached and that the criminal sanction was particularly   severe.   Violation of Article 10   Just satisfaction:   pecuniary damage: 5,400 euros (EUR)   non-pecuniary damage: EUR 4,000   costs and expenses: EUR 10,000   Just Satisfaction   Naskov and Others v. North Macedonia (nos. 31620/15, 34859/15, and   14659/16)   The applicants are 10 Macedonians/citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia, who were born   between 1937 and 1952 and live in Skopje.   Under Articles 43 and 44 of the Convention, Chamber judgments are not final. During the three-month period following a Chamber   judgment’s delivery, any party may request that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court. If such a request is made, a panel   of five judges considers whether the case deserves further examination. In that event, the Grand Chamber will hear the case and deliver a   final judgment. If the referral request is refused, the Chamber judgment will become final on that day. Under Article 28 of the Convention,   judgments delivered by a Committee are final.   Once a judgment becomes final, it is transmitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for supervision of its execution.   Further information about the execution process can be found here: www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution   The case concerns the just satisfaction to be awarded following the European Court’s judgment of   December 2023 concerning the quashing of a final restitution order conferring on the applicants   title to a plot of land.   In the 2023 judgment the Court found that there had been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1   (protection of property) to the Convention. As the question of pecuniary damage under Article 41 (just   satisfaction) was not ready for decision, the Court reserved it.   In today’s judgment, the Court held that the respondent State shall transfer to the applicants, within   three months, a plot of land in the same area and of similar value and characteristics as the original   land involved in the case (after deducting any reimbursements already made). Should the State fail   to do so, it must instead pay the applicants EUR 774,000 (minus any reimbursements already made)   within the same three-month period.   The Court dismissed the remainder of the applicants’ claim for just satisfaction.   This press release is a document produced by the Registry. It does not bind the Court. Decisions,   judgments and further information about the Court can be found on www.echr.coe.int.   Follow the Court on Bluesky @echr.coe.int, X ECHR_CEDH, LinkedIn, and YouTube.   Contact ECHRPress to subscribe to the press-release mailing list.   Where can the Court’s press releases be found? HUDOC - Press collection   Press contacts   [email protected]e.int | tel.: +33 3 90 21 42 08   We are happy to receive journalists’ enquiries via either email or telephone.   Tracey Turner-Tretz (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 35 30)   Denis Lambert (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 41 09)   Inci Ertekin (tel.: + 33 3 90 21 55 30)   Jane Swift (tel.: + 33 3 88 41 29 04)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe member   States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   2