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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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