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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
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
Denmark Western High Court 2013 Denmark / Western High Court / Decision no. U.2014.73V Religion Muslims The Higher Court convicted a woman of incitement to hatred (hate speech) for a statement on the website 180grader.dk. In her statement, she wrote that Muslim men rape and kill their daughters based on a defect culture and religion. The lower court had previously acquitted the woman, finding the statements were not her own and that she had merely restated a previous statement by another critic of Islam. The Higher Court however found that she was guilty. View more
Spain Vigo Criminal Court (Juzgado de lo Penal de Vigo) 2012 Spain / Vigo Criminal Court / No. 22/2012 Race/Ethnicity Muslims, Migrants, Refugees & asylum seekers, EU citizens & nationals with migrant background, Third country nationals, Foreigners, Black people or of African origin, Other religious groups The two defendants, Ceferino and Justiniano, both followers of Nazi ideology, were acquitted of incitement to hatred (article 510 of the Criminal Code), but Ceferino was condemned under a different provision of the Criminal Code for disseminating ideas or doctrines that justify genocide (article 607.2 of the Criminal Code). Since 2006, Ceferino had been sending messages in support of Nazi ideology and objectives through the nationalist Forum, www.my-forum.org. Justiniano accompanied him by… View more
Austria Vienna Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht Wien) 2018 Austria / Higher Regional Court Vienna / 18 Bs 339/18m Religion, Migrant status Muslims, Refugees & asylum seekers A women posted several statements her two Facebook profiles over a two-month period: She called refugees "human garbage" as well "deranged, criminal, escaped murderers". She called Muslims "human shit " and commented that "these children are programmed to hate from an early age on. To kill. Muslims can do nothing else. " In response to the birth of the Viennese New Year's Baby 2018 she posted: "We do not want asshole Muslim children.[...] Keep… 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 on Facebook featuring a piglet ready to be eaten with the following text in the style of a Christian prayer: "Dear Allah, be our guest, and bless the pig that you have given us. Enjoy it with dumplings and kraut, and do not forget the crisp skin. And add a wheat beer, then the Muslim is upset!" The user also added the comment: "Thank you God, for what you have brought to 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
Romania Urziceni Court (Judecătoria Urziceni) the decission wa slater upheald by the Ialomița Tribunal in second instance and in third instance by the Bucharest Court of Appeal 2021 Urziceni Court (Judecătoria Urziceni) Decission no. 710/2021 from 26 May 2021 file no. 3390/330/2020 Religion Muslims The case is a tort liability case by which the claimant, a former mayor asked for moral damages from a political opponent in relation to defamatory claims the latter made in several Facebook posts. The defamatory remarks included, among other things, discriminatory remarks in relation to the fact that the claimant belongs to the Muslim faith that Muslims should not be present in Christian churches. The defendant also made a request for moral damages in relation to defamatory statements made by… 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
United Kingdom United Kingdom Supreme Court 2016 United Kingdom / Joint appeals of Taiwo (Appellant) v. Olaigbe and another (Respondents) and Onu (Appellant) v. Akwiwu and another (Respondents) [2016] UKSC 31 Nationality, Race/Ethnicity Migrants The two appellants, Ms Taiwo and Ms Omu, are both Nigerian nationals who came to work in the UK on domestic work visas. They were both forced to work excessive hours and severely mistreated by their employers, including being starved and physically and mentally abused. Both appellants claimed to have been discriminated against owing to their immigration status. View more
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