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United Kingdom The Central Criminal Court (Crown Court) 2013 United Kingdom / Central Criminal Court (Crown Court)/ Judgement / The Queen v. Pavlo Lapshyn Religion Muslims Pavlo Lapshyn, a 24 year old Ukrainian engineering student on a working visa, was sentenced to minimum 40 years in prison for a murder and racially aggravated crimes. Just days after he arrived in the United Kingdom he stabbed Mohammed Saleem, 81, to death. He had also been planning a series of explosions at mosques in the United Kingdom. Within a period of less than two months he planted and detonated three improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of three mosques in Walsall, Wolverhampton… View more
United Kingdom Bexley Magistrates Court 2013 United Kingdom / Bexley Magistrates Court Religion Muslims <p>On 29 June 2013, Tracey Davies, 46, started shouting racist remarks at a 55-year-old Somali woman who was wearing a burka whilst out shopping with her daughter in Woolwich town centre. Davies then hit the victim and punched her numerous times. &nbsp;</p> View more
United Kingdom England and Wales Court of Appeal 2016 United Kingdom / Attorney General's Reference (Nos 143 and 144 of 2015) EWCA Crim 21 Religion Muslims Two offenders pleaded guilty to offences of religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress and received suspended sentences with rehabilitation activity requirements. Whilst intoxicated in a park the offenders had verbally abused a Muslim family whilst they prayed with statements such as, “If those Muslim c*nts start to pray, I’m going to p*ss in front of them. They better face north or they’re not real Muslims.” They then proceeded to urinate within two metres of the family… View more
United Kingdom England and Wales Court of Appeal 2015 United Kingdom / [2015] EWCA Crim 1414 / R v. Cooke (Steven) Religion Muslims The appellant, a member of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) who oppose the “Islamification” of England, pleaded guilty to an offence of violent disorder after taking part in a serious episode of public disorder. During a demonstration, EDL members chanted racist and anti-Muslim chants, burnt flags and committed serious violence towards the police and counter United Against Fascism demonstrators, who were mainly young people of Asian origin. The judge found a religiously aggravated… View more
United Kingdom England and Wales Court of Appeal 2015 United Kingdom / / R v. O'Leary [2015] EWCA Crim 1306 Race/Ethnicity Muslims Over the course of one evening the appellant repeatedly intimidated two victims causing them physical injuries and psychological harm. During one attack, while brandishing a knife, the appellant told his victim that he wanted to kill a Muslim. The appellant was convicted of unlawful wounding but not racially aggravated unlawful wounding. In his sentencing however, the trial judge made specific reference to the significant psychological harm caused to the victim due to the racial nature of the… View more
United Kingdom United Kingdom Supreme Court 2016 United Kingdom / (Court of Appeal) Onu v. Akiwu and another

[2014] EWCA Civ 279
Nationality Migrants, Black people or of African origin The claimants were Nigerian women who came to the United Kingdom on migrant domestic worker visas to work as domestic servants. They were treated badly by their employers, many of their employment rights were denied and they were subjected to abuse and exploitation. They brought proceedings in the Employment Tribunal for, among others, racial discrimination, harassment and victimisation. The issue for the Court of Appeal was whether discrimination against an employee because he or she is a… View more
Netherlands International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2016 UN, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / No. 2124/2011 / Mohamed Rabbae, A.B.S and N.A. v. The Netherlands Religion, Nationality Muslims, Migrants The claimants, Muslims and Moroccan nationals, joined the criminal proceedings as an aggrieved party and claimed a symbolic compensation of EUR 1 against Geert Wilders, a Member of Parliament and the founder of the extreme right-wing political Party for Freedom. They joined the criminal proceedings as alleged injured parties. Their purpose was to clarify the limits of what can be said in political debates and to establish the practical meaning of their right to be protected from incitement to… View more
Denmark International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 2012 UN, International Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Communication No. 46/2009 / Mahali Dawas and Yousef Shava Race/Ethnicity Refugees & asylum seekers This case relates to discrimination, physical violence and vandalism. In 2004 a group of 15-20 youths attacked the petitioners’ house. One managed to break into the house, and both petitioners were subjected to violence, including beatings. Other attackers outside the house shouted “go home!”, as well as other slogans of an offensive nature. After this attack, the family, including all eight children, had to flee the house. The Court convicted four perpetrators. However, the Court merely… View more
France International Covenant on Civil and Political R ights 2013 UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Communication No. 1928/2010 / Mann Singh v. France Religion EU citizens & nationals with migrant background The case relates to the right of freedom of religion. On 8 December 2005 M.S. attempted to renew his passport for the fourth time and submitted a photograph showing him wearing his turban. However, the institution rejected his application, stating that the photograph was not in conformity with the provisions of the law. M.S. maintains that he has been a victim of a violation of his right to manifest his religion or belief. The HRC observed that prohibiting a Sikh to wear a turban on the… View more
Netherlands Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) 2022 The Netherlands, Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) (2022), Case no.21/01879, 18 October 2022, ECLI:NL:HR:2022:1468. Religion Muslims Ruling of the Supreme Court upholding a judgment of the Court of Appeal in which the defendant was acquitted of group insults against Muslims because of or statements she made during a public demonstration. 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." Pegida is pan-European anti-Islam organisation. She placed her speech in written… View more
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