UBI must examine Erwin Kessler's complaint
The Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television (UBI) must investigate whether the Association Against Factory Farming (VgT) is being censored by Swiss television. The Federal Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the outspoken animal rights activist Erwin Kessler.
According to the SDA, the VgT had filed a complaint with the UBI because the SRG was discriminating against the VgT in its reporting. However, the UBI did not respond to the request last February. It took the view that the claims made by Kessler were too general. The Federal Supreme Court has now upheld Kessler's appeal and obliged the UBI to examine the substance of his submission. The decision of the Lausanne judges is only available in the dispositive, the reasoning is still pending.
