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ARGENTINA (South America)
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Defamation
Defamation 2
Respect for private life
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Newspaper, magazine, or other periodical 2
Parody or pastiche
Political humor 2
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Revista Barcelona, an Argentine magazine, published a photomontage in which the face of Maria Cecilia Pando de Mercado was superimposed on the bound and naked body of another woman.
This satirical representation referred to Pando de Mercado protesting her husband’s conviction. He was an Argentine military officer convicted of crimes against humanity and she protested with other convicted officers’ wives, by chaining herself to a State building.
The magazine maintained that it did nothing more than publish the news through satire and parody. The Court concluded that the publication of the photomontage and the phrases did not violate Pando de Mercado’s right to honour as it constituted a political criticism and was protected under the Constitutional rights to freedom of expression.
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