# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction)
- Source: Case of The Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 6538/74). https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-57584&filename=001-57584.pdf
- 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.

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