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Netherlands | Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) | 2012 |
Netherlands / Supreme Court / Case no. 11/00864 ECLI:NL:HR:2012:BW9189 |
Race/Ethnicity, Religion | Muslims, Migrants | In this case, the Supreme Court confirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal convicting a man who put texts comparing Muslims and people of Turkish descent with monkeys, cockroaches, rats and rapists on his own website. The Court of Appeal convicted the accused under Article 137c of the Dutch criminal code which criminalizes group insult. Any claim by the owners that these texts were permissible because of their humourist character were rejected. The Supreme Court iclarified that the… | View more |
Sweden | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) | 2016 | Sweden / Svea Court of Appeal / Case no. B 4297-16 | Race/Ethnicity | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background | Stockholm District Court (Stockholms tingsrätt) found a man guilty of insult (förolämpning) and abuse (misshandel). The offender had called two women degrading statements (e.g. ”negro” and similar words) when an argument escalated. In addition, the offender hit the women and a third person, who tried to stop the argument, with his fists. | View more |
Sweden | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea Hovrätt) | 2016 | Sweden / Svea Court of Appeal / Case no. B4509-16 | Religion | Muslims | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) found a man guilty of incitement of hatred in a post on a facebook page of a local branch of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna). The perpetrator, S.V. posted a copy of a message stating that "horny Muslims" have "sick, devilish lusts". The District Court dismissed the charges against S.V. since the post had only been available for everybody during a maximum of 14 hours. Even though the post was degrading in nature, the District… | View more |
Finland | The District Court of Keski-Suomi (Keski-Suomen käräjäoikeus / Mellersta Finlands tingsrätt) | 2017 | Finland / District Court of Keski-Suomi / R 16/2618 | Religion | Muslims, Migrants, Refugees & asylum seekers | A member of the Finnish Parliament, Teuvo Hakkarainen, published a text in Facebook in which he stated that all terrorists are Muslims. Moreover, he demanded that all Muslims be removed from Finland and their entry into the country must be restricted. Mr. Hakkarainen was convicted of incitement to hatred. | View more |
Bulgaria | Administrative Court - Pazardzhik (Административен съд - Пазарджик) | 2021 | Bulgaria / Administrative Court - Pazardzhik / Decision No 934 of 15 December 2021 on administrative case No 340/2021, ECLI:BG:AD715:2021:20210700340.001 | Religion | Muslims | The case concerns the discrimination of a Muslim prisoner. The applicant, a Muslim serving a prison sentence, had his beard shaved off against his will. The shaving was done for no medical or hygiene reasons, despite the applicant’s verbal refusals, and while he was bound and handcuffed. The applicant claimed that the shaving was an act of discrimination that violated his human dignity and caused him to feel inferior and powerless. Based on the applicant’s complaint, the equality body… | View more |
Luxembourg | Administrative Court (Tribunal Administratif du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) | 2019 | Luxembourg / Administrative Court of Luxembourg (3rd Chamber) / Case no. 40948 | Religion | Muslims | A Luxembourgish citizen of Muslim religion submitted her application for the renewal of her driving license with a passport photo with her head covered by a veil. The administrative authority informed her that the processing of her request was only possible if she submits a complete application, namely, an application containing a 45/35 cm passport type photo on which her head is uncovered. The applicant, after several exchanges of letters with the authorities, decided to challenge the decision… | View more |
Germany | Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht) | 2012 | Germany / Administrative Court Meiningen/ 2 E 355/12 Me | Religion | Muslims | Application by the right-wing party NPD for a public demonstration close to a mosque with the slogan "Stop foreign infiltration - no mosque in E." was rejected by the competent authorities because the gathering posed a threat to public safety. The applicant asked for reversing the prohibition in an urgency appeal. | View more |
Germany | Administrative Court of Düsseldorf (Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf) | 2019 | Germany / Administrative Court of Düsseldorf (Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf) / 18 L 1606/19 ECLI:DE:VGD:2019:0601.18L1606.19.00 | Religion | Muslims | The applicant, an association, objected against requirements imposed by the police on an assembly organized by it. The assembly had the title "We do not want Salafist pigs - not in N. - not in Germany". The police prohibited the shouting of the slogan "We do not want Salafist pigs" and the grilling of body parts of pigs. In the run-up to the assembly, a pig's head was laid in front of a mosque in a pool of blood and a swastika was painted on the wall. On the Facebook… | View more |
Germany | Administrative Court of Munich (Verwaltungsgericht München) | 2017 | Germany / Administrative Court of Munich (Verwaltungsgericht München) / M 22 E 17.1861 ECLI:DE:VGMUENC:2017:0727.M22E17.1861.0A | Religion | Muslims | The applicant, leader of the political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Bavaria, wanted to stop the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz) to surveil him and to talk publicly about this surveillance. Previously, he had publicly expressed his sympathy for the Identitarian Movement (IB), a far-right political movement, with the following comment: "Likewise, I do not succeed (even after several observations) in reading something negative… | View more |
Luxembourg | Administrative Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (fourth chamber)[Tribunal administratif du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (4e chambre)] | 2022 | Luxembourg/Administrative Tribunal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg /N° 44025 | Religion | Muslims | On the 5th of November 2019, the Director-General of the public company POST Luxembourg applied a disciplinary sanction of revocation to a worker who was considered guilty, among others, of harassing, discriminating and disrespecting and external employee of the company. The worker lodged an appeal on the 15th of January 2020 seeking the alteration or, in the alternative, the annulment of the decision from the Director-General. Following an assessment of the credibility of the facts, the… | View more |
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