Claim

Claim 817

Four days after the injunction against Times Newspapers Ltd. was discharged on June 23, 1976, The Sunday Times published the article it had been prevented from printing since 1972.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Four days after the injunction against Times Newspapers Ltd. was discharged on June 23, 1976, The Sunday Times published the article it had been prevented from printing since 1972.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Publication delayed to 1976
About: incident 1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction
Source: Case of The Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 6538/74)
Publisher: European Court of Human Rights
Method: court record
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1979-04-26

Quotation from the source

Four days later, the contentious article was published.