Top European Court Tells Nude Activist to Put Some Clothes On
Britain's "naked rambler" does not have a fundamental human right to ramble through the English and Scottish countryside in the buff, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. Stephen Gough, a.k.a. the "Naked Rambler," argued that he was wrongfully convicted 30 times and jailed for 7 years for his nude treks through the British countryside, which he said should have been protected under his right to privacy and free expression, NBC News reports. The Strasbourg-based justices, however, ruled that "he had plenty of other ways of expressing his opinions" and determined that his particular form of expression constituted "deliberately repetitive antisocial conduct.", Gough first started making headlines in 2003 for his insistent determination to remain nude on the streets, in court, or even in prison, where, according to the BBC, he was sequestered from the rest of the prison population because of his refusal to wear clothing. NBC News