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Slovakia District Court Martin 2019 Slovakia / District Court Martin / 13T/175/2017 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims The case concerns online incitement to hatred against persons of Islamic religion. In 2016 unknown author posted a picture of a building depicting the residence of the Association of Muslims in the middle Slovakia and corresponding phone numbers with a commentary: “They have a mosque in Martin. Not with minaret, but still they have.” Defendant commented on this post: “If I find out, where they meet, I´m willing to join and f…k them out of there. What an insolence to do…We have Matica (name of… View more
Slovakia District Court Žilina (Okresný súd Žilina) 2016 Slovakia / District Court Žilina / 29T/71/2015 Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Race/Ethnicity, Nationality Muslims, Migrants, Third country nationals, Refugees & asylum seekers The defendant made a public advertisement in 2015 offering a job stating - "shooting of immigrants in the accommodation facility for 25 Eur/person". In addition, he published a video on his social media profile voicing hateful speech against migrants, specifically Muslims and people of migrant origin (including Syrians and Libyans). View more
Slovakia Regional Court Bratislava 2017 Slovakia / Regional Court Bratislava/1To/68/2017 Religion Muslims The case concerns a verbal attack on a Muslim woman in a public space. Perpetrator tried to pull down her hijab while shouting that "scarves do not belong in Slovakia". District Court Bratislava assessed the case as a misdemeanour rather than a criminal offense and referred the case to the District Office Bratislava (case 2T-8-2017). This resolution was appealed by the District Prosecutor´s Office arguing that the act was clearly an ethnically and racially motivated hate crime. The… View more
Slovakia Regional Court in Bratislava 2016 Slovakia / Regional Court in Bratislava
Šamko, P. (2016), 'Prime Minister, Freedom of Speech and a Compact Muslim Community' (Predseda vlády, sloboda prejavu a ucelená moslimská komunita), Právne listy
Religion Muslims The complainant in the criminal complaint brought to the Prosecutor´s Office argued that the Slovak Prime Minister committed a crime of public defamation; incitement to hatred and intimidation. The complaint referred to public statements of the PM calling for preventing the formation of a "compact Muslim community" and stating "we do not want our women to be harassed in public space". The Regional Prosecutor refused the criminal complaint. View more
Slovakia Specialized Criminal Court,office Banská Bystrica 2018 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court / 4T/18/2018 Race/Ethnicity, Race/Ethnicity, Migrant status Migrants, Black people or of African origin The case concerns online incitement to violence and hate through public Facebook profile against group of persons based on their actual or presumed affiliation to race, nation, ethnic group and based on their actual or presumed origin, skin-colour, religion, public incitement to oppression of their freedoms and rights. In particular, the defendant published on his Facebook profile a picture of a soldier with a rifle from a barrel point of view with a commentary „ We are expecting them...… View more
Slovakia Specialized Criminal Court,office Pezinok 2019 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court / 2T/15/2019 Race/Ethnicity, Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims, Black people or of African origin, Other religious groups The case concerns multiple crimes and offences committed within years 2012-2018 mainly online through public facebook profile, involving incitement to violence and hate, threats, hate speech and defamation targeting Islamic religion and culture, Muslims, black people and people of African origin, Roma, Jews and migrants. Examples from the evidence are posted comments "to shoot migrants and gypsies as well" or posted pictures and posts that disrespect Islamic religion. The… View more
Slovakia Sepcialized Criminal Court 2020 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court/1T/24/2020 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims The perpetrator repeatedly published and shared on Facebook information against migrants, islamic religion and Muslims. The information published by the perptrator containd incitement to hatred and violence. By this decision, the Specialized Criminal Court approved the agreement between the prosecutor and the accused on the punishment. View more
Slovakia Specialized Criminal Court 2020 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court/2T/7/2020 ECLI:SK:SSPK:2020:9520100042.1 Race/Ethnicity Black people or of African origin, Muslims The case concerns online hate speech published on perpetrator´s Facebook profile. Hate speech targeted mainly Roma, but also migrants (it seems migrants of dark complexion or African origin) and Muslims. Perpetrator´s posts on Facebook also spreaded extremist materials referring to Nazi symbolics and symbolics of the Slovak state that existed during the WW II. The Prosecution did not address hate speech and incitement to violence and hatred. The perpetrator was only accussed and based on… View more
Slovakia Sepcialized Criminal Court 2020 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court/3T/16/2020 ECLI:SK:SSPK:2020:9520100124.2 Race/Ethnicity Muslims The perpetrator repeatedly published and shared on Facebook posts, videos and other information sympathizing with the Nazi regime and information expressing hatred against Jews, migrants (including Muslims). By this decision, the Specialized Criminal Court approved the agreement between the prosecutor and the accused on the punishment. View more
Slovakia Specialized Criminal Court 2020 Slovakia / Specialized Criminal Court/3T/21/2020 ECLI:SK:SSPK:2020:9520100157.1 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Black people or of African origin, Muslims, Migrants, Refugees & asylum seekers The case concerns online hate speech published on perpetrator´s Facebook profile. Hate speech targeted mainly Roma, but also migrants (it seems migrants of dark complexion or African origin) and Muslims. Perpetrator´s posts on Facebook also posessed and disseminated extremist materials referring to Nazi symbolics (images, Nazi music recordings etc.). The prosecution however only accused him of posession and dissemination of extremist materials, not of hate speech or incitement to violence and… View more
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