Dielsdorf District Court condemns SRG for violation of personality rights
SRG has been convicted in the first instance by the Dielsdorf District Court for infringement of personality rights. The ruling is in connection with a documentary made by Ticino television station RSI.
According to the Sonntagszeitung, the channel shows footage of the Italian investigators and the full name of a man from Zurich who has been under investigation by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland for alleged money laundering for the mafia since 2004. To date, no convictions have been handed down in this eight-year investigation. In its ruling against SRG, the Dielsdorf court has now stated that the naming of names - especially in the case of ongoing proceedings - is only justified in the case of persons of contemporary history. The more serious the suspicion, which could prove to be unjustified in the event of an acquittal, the greater the restraint must be in naming names. "Punishment is not the task of the media, but of the criminal prosecution authorities," the judges wrote.
