NISKASAARI AND OTAVAMEDIA OY v. FINLAND JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Niskasaari and Otavamedia Oy v. Finland, The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Guido Raimondi, President, George Nicolaou, Nona Tsotsoria, Paul Mahoney, Faris Vehabović, Yonko Grozev, judges, Mikko Puumalainen, ad hoc judge, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 2 June 2015, delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 32297/10) against the Republic of Finland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Finnish national, Mr Mikko Veli Niskasaari, and a Finnish limited liability company Otavamedia Oy (“the applicants”), on 11 June 2010. 2. The applicants were represented by Mr Heikki Salo, a lawyer practising in Helsinki. The Finnish Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Arto Kosonen of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 3. Ms Päivi Hirvelä, the judge elected in respect of Finland, withdrew from the case (Rule 28). Accordingly, the President of the Chamber decided to appoint Mr Mikko Puumalainen to sit as an ad hoc judge (Article 26 § 4 of the Convention and Rule 29 § 1). 4. The applicants alleged, in particular, that their freedom of expression under Article 10 of the Convention had been violated. 5. On 10 February 2012 the application was communicated to the Government.