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Ireland Work Place Relations Commission (WRC) 2020 ADJ-00023569 Ranadave Mukherji v Marks & Spencer Religion Muslims Customer claimed he was discriminated against by store staff. View more
Ireland High Court 2021 [2021] IEHC 152 Hossain v Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Race/Ethnicity persons of asian origin The applicant, a national of Bangladesh, was initially in Ireland as the spouse of an EU citizen. He held a Stamp 4 on this basis. The marriage subsequently broke down. Prior to the expiry of the applicant’s Stamp 4 permission, he applied for an employment permit. This application was refused on the grounds that at the time of application, he already had a valid Stamp 4 permission. View more
Ireland High Court 2022 [2022] IEHC 553 - E.S AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPEALS TRIBUNAL AND THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Religion refugees & asylum seekers The applicant applied for international protection. The applicant was Muslim and claimed that he risked persecution in India due to his religious belief and was at a risk of serious harm. The applicant was involved in the beef industry and claimed to have suffered religious persecution by Hindu nationalists as a result. However, the IPO recommended that the applicant should not be given refugee or subsidiary protection. It was reasoned that he had investment property worth €4 million which he… View more
Ireland Work Place Relations Commission (WRC) 2022 ADJ-00032864 Narimene Saad vs Deeward Ltd Religion persons of african origin Narimene Saad had complained under the Employment Equality Act against Deeward Ltd, claiming she was discriminated against on the basis of both her race and religion when she interviewed for a position with the firm. The company had denied discriminating against her at all. She told a hearing that she was invited to an interview for a part-time weekend job and met the company’s operations manager. The interviewer questioned her about her nationality when she wore a headscarf to a job interview. View more
Albania Albanian Audiovisual Authority 2021 Albania/Audiovisual Media Authority/ Religion Muslims The Albanian Audiovisual Authority, responsible for overseeing audiovisual broadcasts, received a discrimination complaint regarding the program "Expuls" on "Ora News" TV, which was aired on October 17, 2021. The complaint alleged religious discrimination against Muslims. After analyzing the video material, violations of the "On Audiovisual Media" law and the Broadcasting Code were found. The broadcast, which discussed plastic surgery, featured remarks from the… 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
Austria Austrian Press Council (Österreichischer Presserat) 2019 Austria / Austrian Press Council (Österreichischer Presserat), Medien24 GmbH. Migrant status Muslims An article published in “wochenblick.at“ on 22 August 2019 reported about an increased mistreatment of hedgehogs and cruel killings of other wild animals in a Swedish town. The article reported that according to the chairwoman of the Animal Friends, this is especially the case in areas with a high density of migrants. The article is accompanied by a "symbolic picture" showing a mosque with minarets in front of a Swedish flag. In the background, a thundery sky with several flashes of… View more
Austria European Court of Human Rights 2019 Austria / European Court of Human Rights / E.S. v. Austria (Application no. 38450/12) Religion Muslims E.S. held several seminars entitled “Basic Information on Islam” at the right-wing Freedom Party Education Institute. Several statements she had made during these (public) seminars had been directed against the doctrines of Islam, which essentially conveyed the message that Muhammad had had paedophilic tendencies. She was convicted of disparaging religious doctrines, pursuant to § 188 of the Criminal Code. The Austrian Courts found her guilty of publicly disparaging an object of veneration of a… View more
Austria Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) 2013 Austria / Higher Regional Court Innsbruck/ 11Bs110/13h
ECLI:AT:OLG0819:2013:0110BS00110.13H.0430.000
Race/Ethnicity Foreigners, Muslims, Migrants The case concerns online incitement to violence or hatred. More concretely, on 25 April 2012 the defendant made comments on facebook and other social media networks as follows [roughly translated:] "Why are there no sperm donors in Turkey? Because all the jerks are here with us." View more
Austria Vienna Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht Wien) 2017 Austria / Higher Regional Court Vienna / 17 Bs 295/17g Religion Muslims A person shared a photo of Muslim man and a sheep herd on Facebook and commented the photo with "72 virgins only for you; ElitePartner academics & singles with high standards; Syria edition." View more
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