Key legal question
Whether the appellants, as private criminal complainants under Zurich press-defamation procedure, had standing to file a nullity complaint
Extracted holding
Yes. They acted as principal private prosecutors without participation of the public prosecutor and were therefore entitled to appeal.
Extracted reasoning
Under Zurich procedural law the injured party replaces the public prosecutor in defamation proceedings by way of a principal private prosecution; such complainants are legitimized under Art. 270 lit. g BStP.