Facts
The Federal Tribunal has been seized of two appeals against a decision of the Cantonal Tribunal of Zurich, which had partially upheld appeals by two court reporters against an order of the single judge of the District Tribunal of Uster. The latter had prohibited the journalists from publishing certain information concerning the accused in the context of a criminal trial for racial discrimination. The facts can be summarized as follows: - On 16 December 2013, the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Zurich filed an indictment against C. for racial discrimination, accusing him of having published certain messages on the online communication platform "Twitter". - On 16 May 2014, the single judge ordered the court reporters to preserve the anonymity of the accused, prohibiting them from publishing his name, image, age, place of residence, employer and the address of his internet blog, under penalty of a fine of up to 1,000 francs. - The court reporters A. and B. appealed against this order. - On 31 March 2015, the Cantonal Tribunal partially upheld the appeals, lifting the prohibition on publishing the name and age of the accused, but maintaining the prohibition on publishing his image, place of residence, employer and the address of his internet blog. - A. and B. then filed criminal appeals to the Federal Tribunal.Considerations
The Federal Tribunal upheld the appeals. It considered that the order of the single judge constituted a serious infringement of the freedom of the media guaranteed by Articles 16 and 17 of the Federal Constitution, as well as by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Indeed, this…