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Bulgaria Burgas Regional Court (Бургаски районен съд) 2014 Bulgaria / Burgas Regional Court / Decision no. 1429 of 28 July 2014 on administrative penal case no. 2455/2014 Nationality Muslims The court repealed a fine of BGN 3,000 (approximately €1,500), imposed on the TV channel SKAT (СКАТ) for incitement to intolerance against ethnic Turks. The sanction was originally imposed for the broadcasting of a TV show, in which the participants argued that the Turks were planning to conquer Bulgaria and annihilate the Bulgarian population. The host of the show referred to the Turks as a 'barbarian nation', which had conquered Bulgarian lands by 'beheadings, murders and… View more
Croatia County Court in Pula (Županijski sud u Puli -Pola) 2013 Croatia / County Court in Pula / Kž-263/13 Race/Ethnicity Migrants The High Court convicted a man of threatening a Serbian from an ethnic minority with violence, with the aggravating circumstance of targeting a person on the basis of ethnic origin.The offender repeatedly threatened the victim that he would kill all the Serbs and cut them in pieces and sexually assault the victim. In doing so the offender was holding a metal object and exposed his genitals, which disturbed and frightened the victim. View more
Netherlands District Court Midden-Nederland (Rechtbank Midden-Nederland) 2016 Netherlands / District Court Midden-Nederland / Case no. 16/652077-16

ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2016:5414
Religion Muslims On 11 October 2015 during a Pegida demonstration a woman said during her speech: "Another reason to despise and hate Muslims is their insane ideology. Because it's never the religion of peace." She placed her speech in written form on het Facebook-page. The Court decided that that the woman has been publicly guilty of insult, incitement to hatred, and the discrimination of Muslims. The court sentenced the woman for insulting a group and inciting hatred and discrimination against… View more
Netherlands District Court North Holland (Rechtbank Noord-Holland) 2016 Netherlands / District Court North Holland / Case no. 15-155584-15 (P)

ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2016:6338
Religion Muslims A Facebook user placed statements on a public Facebook page that were insulting to a group of people because of their religion (in particular Muslims), as evidenced by the reaction of other Facebook users. An example of a statement made by the suspect: “Just fuck off with those dirty filthy stinking Muslims who just fuck goats and want to rape our women, because their wives are too dirty!!" The user later renounced these statements and recognizes that these statements are very offensive to… View more
Germany Labour Court (Arbeitsgericht) 2015 Germany / Labour Court Gelsenkirchen/ 5 Ca 1444/15 Race/Ethnicity Migrants A gardener in public employment published hate speech postings against migrants on Facebook. He was summoned to the staff council, which immediately terminated his employment contract. He claimed that he was not the author of the hate speech postings and that someone had hacked into his Facebook account. He filed a criminal complaint for defamation and hacking. The claimant also filed a petition to the Labour Court asking for an annulment of his employment contract termination. View more
Romania National Council for Combatting Discrimination (CNCD) (Consiliul National pentru Combaterea Discriminarii ) 2020 Romania / National Council for Combatting Discrimination / casefile no.567/2019 decision 281/2020 Religion, Race/Ethnicity Muslims The case is filed by the plaintiff, a Romanian citizen and member of the Local Town Council in Măgura village, who claims that the defendant, also a member of the Local Council, called him “alien” (“venetic”) countless times and asked him, during the Local Council meeting, if he came with a gun on him. Thus, the petitioner shows that the defendant refers directly to his origin and frequently and unjustifiably infringes his right to dignity. View more
Romania National Council for Combatting Discrimination (CNCD) (Consiliul National pentru Combaterea Discriminarii ) 2020 Romania / National Council for Combatting Discrimination / casefile no. 850/2019 decision 65/2020 Religion Muslims The plaintiff is serving an 8-year prison sentence. He is Muslim and an Albanian citizen. Although he does not speak Romanian, he had not received the Internal “House Rules” (Regulation) of the Penitentiary in his mother tongue, nor had he receive any other information in a language that he could understand. He filed several petitions with the management of the Penitentiary (written by his colleagues), requesting to be allowed to work, but these were ignored. He also requested food that was… View more
Austria Regional Court (Landesgericht) 2016 Austria / Regional Court Vienna / 112 Hv 66/16w Nationality Refugees & asylum seekers The defendant was found guilty for posting a comment on Facebook (referring to sexual assaults committed by asylum seekers against women and girls) [roughly translated]: "We need a little Breivick who snipes away such bastards[.] they come out of prison after 8-9 months and take the next girl or boy[.] this must not be supported with food or a warm room by tax money].] and deporting and then he comes back" View more
Austria Regional Court (Landesgericht) 2017 Austria / Regional Court Korneuburg / 505 Hv 109/16y Nationality Refugees & asylum seekers The defendant posted on several facebook pages the following: "Adolf Hitler needed to be alive and instead of killing innocent Jews, he should put all asylum seekers into a large hall and burn them alive." In addition, in response to an online newspaper article referring to 45 refugees being abandoned on the motorway, he posted a comment stating: "Away with the muck!!!!!". View more
Austria Regional Court (Landesgericht) 2016 Austria / Regional Court Salzburg / 47 Hv 73/16k Nationality Refugees & asylum seekers The case concerns online incitement to hatred and violence. The defendant commented on a video on Facebook by stating [roughly translated:] "A storm gun and some magazines solve these problems in seconds. I do not understand why the genetic special waste is not being fired at immediately". View more
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