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Denmark | Østre Landsret (The Eastern National Court) | 2021 | Denmark / National Court / | Religion | Muslims | The case concerned whether the accused by a range of circumstances had violated § 266 b of the Danish Criminal Code (commonly known as "the racism paragraph"). The accused were found guilty in violating § 266 b in six of the circumstances. The circumstances was related to a range of statements regarding people from Greenland, Muslims and people living in the so-called "ghettos". The statements were delivered both online and during demonstrations. The case was distinct in the… | View more |
North Macedonia | Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) | 2021 | North Macedonia / Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Комисија за спречување и заштита од дискриминација) / No.0801-402/1 | Religion | Muslims | A pupil from seventh grade in a private francophone primary school was signed off unilaterally by the school itself on 30 June 2022, i.e. was expelled from the school. The legal representative of the parents raised a discrimination claim in front of the equailty body claiming that the child was expelled due to their Muslim religious backgrond. The CPPD found no discrimination. | View more |
Serbia | The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) | 2021 | Serbia / The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality / 07-00-00146/2021-02 | Migrant status | refugees & asylum seekers | The NGO Atina informed the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality about a poster in the public transportation that read: “Stop migrants from occupying Serbia.” Atina argued that the poster incited hatred and intolerance against migrants. | View more |
Belgium | Ghent Court of Appeal (Hof van Beroep Gent) | 2021 | Belgium / Hof van Beroep Gent / Gand, 24-06-2021 | Religion | Muslims | The case concerns discriminatory rules applied in a municipal pool that forbid the use of swimwear that covers the entire body (burqini). It was brought by a woman who was prevented from using the pool because of her swimwear. | View more |
Bulgaria | Supreme Administrative Court (Върховен административен съд) | 2021 | Bulgaria / Supreme Administrative Court / Decision No 7027 of 10 June 2021 on administrative case No 9978/2020 | Religion | Muslims | The case concerns discrimination on the grounds of religion. A Muslim man serving a prison sentence claimed compensation for damages caused by the prison administration's failure to provide him with food in accordance with his religion. On his admission to prison, the applicant informed the administration that he practised Islam and requested that his diet not include pork. The prison administration did not respect the prisoner's wishes, which caused him to experience negative… | View more |
Bulgaria | Administrative Court - Pazardzhik (Административен съд - Пазарджик) | 2021 | Bulgaria / Administrative Court - Pazardzhik / Decision No 934 of 15 December 2021 on administrative case No 340/2021, ECLI:BG:AD715:2021:20210700340.001 | Religion | Muslims | The case concerns the discrimination of a Muslim prisoner. The applicant, a Muslim serving a prison sentence, had his beard shaved off against his will. The shaving was done for no medical or hygiene reasons, despite the applicant’s verbal refusals, and while he was bound and handcuffed. The applicant claimed that the shaving was an act of discrimination that violated his human dignity and caused him to feel inferior and powerless. Based on the applicant’s complaint, the equality body… | View more |
Belgium | Brussels Criminal Court (Tribunal correctionnel Bruxelles) | 2021 | Belgium / Tribunal correctionnel Bruxelles / Trib.corr.Bxl. , 29-06-2021 | Religion | Muslims | The case concerns a woman who posted and shared multiple hate messages targeting the Muslim community, including calling for the eradication of Islam. | View more |
Croatia | Municipal Court in Pula - Pola / Općinski sud u Puli - Pola | 2021 | Croatia / Municipal Court In Pula - Pola / K-104/21 | Religion | Muslims | <p>The perpetrator was found guilty of having committed a criminal offense against personal freedom - threat. The perpetrator threatened three people of the Muslim religion. Among others, he stated that he would kill them and their family, bury them where the mosque is being built, that he would kill all their friends, that he would set fire to the mosque, while approaching the victims with a telescopic baton.</p> | View more |
Cyprus | Cyprus Media Complaints Commission | 2021 | Cyprus/Cyprus Media Complaints Commission/ Racist discourse and discrimination, Complaint no. 12/2021, 29 June 2021. | Race/Ethnicity | Muslims | A teacher filed a complaint to the Cyprus Media Complaints Commission against the newspaper 'Alithia' for its front page article on 16.3.21 entitled 'Help us Minister, do as you did in Chloraka'. The article stated that in the village of Droushia the number of Syrian children exceeds that of Cypriot children and called on the Interior Minister to ban the settlement of more migrants in the area. | View more |
Sweden | Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen) | 2021 | Sweden / Supreme Court / Målnummer Ö 2343-18 | Race/Ethnicity | eu citizens & nationals with migrant background | The case concerned a passenger of Chilean origin (PAG) who was subjected to an extra security check in connection with a domestic flight in Sweden. The Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO) brought an action, claiming that the airline had subjected PAG to direct discrimination by assuming him to be an Arab person and forcing him to undergo an extra security check. The airline had therefore disadvantaged PAG for reasons relating to his physical appearance and ethnicity. The… | View more |
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