Federal Court rules in favor of source protection

In the Voser case, the Federal Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional appeal of an NZZ am Sonntag editor against a ruling by the Zurich High Court. The journalist Mathias Ninck does not have to disclose the sources for his accusations against the doctors involved in the fatal heart operation at Zurich University Hospital. The decision is only available in the dispositive, the reasons will be submitted later. Nevertheless, the Lausanne judges appear to have given preference to the constitutionally guaranteed right of media professionals to refuse to testify over the interests of criminal prosecution. The Federal Supreme Court did not accept the journalist's simultaneous appeal for annulment. The written reasons for both decisions will be available in a few weeks.