CON C U R RING OPINION OF JUDGE K Ū RIS

At the heart of the present case is a conflict between the applicant and A.M., the target of the impugned statement by the former. The same applies to the case of Zybertowicz v. Poland (no. 2) (no. 65937/11, 17 January 2017), which was examined by the same Chamber on the same day. Given the related factual background of the two cases and the fact that they raise in essence the same issue, there were compelling arguments in favour of joining the applications. The joinder of the cases would have provided an additional contextual dimension to the factual and legal issues under examination, especially in view of the fact that in both judgments the Court has placed emphasis also on the context of the applicant ’ s statements against the same person.