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Greece Greek Ombudsman - Ombudsperson 2022 Greek Ombudsman, Summary of Intervention, The ban on the use of headscarves during nursing internships in clinics of public hospitals does not constitute discrimination based on religious beliefs, July 2022. Religion Muslims The case concerned the complaint of a trainee Muslim trainee nurse, who was banned from wearing a headscarf during her traineeship at a pubic hospital. The Ombudsman examined whether a head-scarf ban during nursing internships at public hospital clinics constituted discrimination based on religion and religious beliefs. After communicating with the Hospital authority and the competent department of the Ministry of Health, the Ombudsman found that there was no discrimination and that the ban was… View more
Austria Austrian Press Council (Österreichischer Presserat) 2022 Austria / Austrian Press Council (Österreichischer Presserat) / 2020/318 Migrant status Muslims An article published in the daily newspaper "OE24" on 20 September 2022 reported that on Saturday evening migrants had danced to oriental music in the inner city of Vienna. According to the article, the migrants had danced to oriental music and videos had gone viral on TikTok. Police were again not present at the scene and the reason for the gathering was unclear. Attached to the post is a photo of the men dancing, and the accompanying text reads: "Pack meeting in the pedestrian… View more
Denmark Ligebehandlingsnævnet (The Board of Equal Treatment) 2022 Denmark / The Board of Equal Treatment / Jr. nr. 21-30929 Race/Ethnicity eu citizens & nationals with migrant background The case concerned whether af woman was discriminated against based on her ethnicity by the municipal administration in relation to their ruling on sickness benefits. The administration had asked questions regarding the women's Turkish origin which was considered as discrimination by the Board. View more
Bulgaria Regional Court - Stara Zagora (Районен съд - Стара Загора) 2022 Bulgaria / Regional Court - Stara Zagora / Decision No 216 of 6 April 2022 on civil case No 5629/2021, ECLI:BG:RC553:2022:20210105629.001 Religion Muslims The case is about harassment on the grounds of religion. A Muslim man serving a prison sentence claimed compensation for damages caused by two other inmates, both Christians, who prevented him from practising his religion. The alleged offenders shouted "Allah and Mohammed are terrorists" and "Islam is a religion of terrorists" while the applicant was praying, gagged him, pulled away his prayer rug, removed the ritual prayer cap from his head, spat on his religious books and… View more
Cyprus Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights 2022 Cyprus, Commissioner for administration and human rights/Self-initiated position of the Commissioner for Administration and Human Rughts regarding the attacks against foreign delivers of cooked food, Ref. AYT.1/2022 Race/Ethnicity Third country nationals In February 2022 a video was circulated on social media showing a group of teenagers attacking migrant delivery workers in the centre of Nicosia. The Ombudsperson issued a statement in relation to this attack, calling on the Ministry of Education to intensify its efforts in offering seminars and trainings to children in primary education so that when they grow up they will not harbour sentiments of hate; and on the police to intensify its efforts to investigate the incident, encouraging people… View more
Czechia Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud) 2022 Czech Republic / Constitutional Court / ECLI:CZ:US:2022:2.US.2120.21.1 Religion Refugees & asylum seekers <p>The case concerns a theatre play depicting the rape of a Muslim woman by Jesus Christ and the performance of oral sex on a statue of Pope John Paul II. The complainants, previously plaintiffs before a civil court, sought protection of their rights by asking for an apology from the authors of the play as they felt negatively affected by the artistic expression.</p> View more
Czechia Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud) 2022 Czech Republic / Constitutional Court / ECLI:CZ:US:2022:1.US.836.22.1 Religion Refugees & asylum seekers <p>The complainant wrote an article published online titled 'Is the future of Europe Muslim?', in which he sought to incite hatred against all persons professing Islam and against all immigrants. Throughout the text the complainant purposely presents readers with a catastrophic vision of the future that he believes will occur if forceful means are not used against all immigrants. The complainant was fined by the criminal court for inciting hatred against a group of people.</p… View more
Denmark UN CERD Committee 2022 Denmark / CERD / CERD/C/DNK/CO/22-24 Race/Ethnicity eu citizens & nationals with migrant background CERD submitted its concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to the twenty-fourth periodic review of Denmark on 01 February 2022. The observations concludes on Denmark's latest effort on combatting racial discrimination in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its States parties View more
Finland Supreme Court (Korkein oikeus / Högsta domstolen) 2022 Finland / Supreme Court / ECLI:FI:KKO:2022:63 Migrant status Muslims A had published on his YouTube channel videos which included speeches in two demonstrations. The videos were in English, but A had added subtitles in Finnish and several other languages. The speaker described immigrants and Muslims as “cruel, arrogant, stupid, worthless, and sick” and held that these groups of people should be “kicked out of the country”. In 2020, the district court convicted A for incitement to hatred to a fine. The appeal court upheld the decision. In the Supreme Court, A… View more
France United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
2022 France / UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of France / CERD/C/FRA/CO/22-23
Race/Ethnicity Muslims The observations relate to France's policies and their impact on racial discrimination. Specifically, for counter-terrorism, they involve two recent laws: Law No. 2021-646 of 25 May 2021 for global security preserving freedoms and Law No. 2021-1109 of 24 August 2021 strengthening the respect of the principles of the Republic. These laws provide in particular for reinforced monitoring of religious associations, which, to benefit from a public subsidy, are required to undertake to adhere to… View more
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