Ahmed v. The United Kingdom

29 EHRR 1 (1998)

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Ahmed v. The United Kingdom

European Court of Human Rights
29 EHRR 1 (1998)

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Facts

In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations (the political regulations) prohibited certain local government employees from participating in political activities, such as running for political office. The restrictions applied to approximately 2 percent of local government officers and were intended to help preserve the nonpolitical impartiality of local government officers. Mobin Ahmed (plaintiff) worked as an attorney employed by the borough of Hackney in London. His position was classified as politically restricted and subject to political regulations because he regularly gave legal advice to the Housing Benefits Review Board, the Housing Development Sub-Committee, and the Environmental Sub-Committee. Ahmed had the opportunity to stand as Labor candidate for election in the borough of Enfield; however, he withdrew his candidacy to comply with the political regulations. Ahmed filed an application against the United Kingdom (defendant) with the European Commission of Human Rights, alleging that the political regulations violated his right to freedom of expression as protected by Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the convention). The case was referred to the European Court of Human Rights.

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Dissent (Spielmann, Pekkanen, van Dijk, J.J.)

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