Weekly need not apologise to politician over “idiot” reference

The weekly Reflex does not have to apologise to Tomio Okamura of the anti-EU, anti-migrant Freedom and Direct Democracy for referring to him as an “idiot”, Prague’s Supreme Court ruled. The magazine dubbed the opposition party leader Pitomio, combining a Czech word for idiot with his first name.

In the court’s ruling it said Mr. Okamura needed to display a higher degree of tolerance. The judges overturned an appeal court ruling and confirmed the verdict of a court of first instance.

For his part the politician said he regarded the verdict as unconstitutional in view of an earlier Constitutional Court ruling on the matter.