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Romania The National Council for Combating Discrimination (Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării) 2022 The National Council for Combating Discrimination (Consiliul Naţional pentru Combaterea Discriminării) decision no. 388 from 6 July 2022 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims The case concerns a news article that covers different positions from within the Muslim community from Constanta in regard to a statute of a Kazakh composer that was placed there. The petitioner claims that the way a news article portrays the different opinions from the Muslim community and that fact that it claims the community is worried about this statute is discriminatory and it sows discontent within the local Muslim community. View more
Romania National Audiovisual Council (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului) 2021 Romania, National Audiovisual Council (Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului) Decission no. 115 from 27 May 2021 Race/Ethnicity eu citizens & nationals with migrant background The complaint refers to a TV show in which a woman alleged she was aggressed by a deputy-mayor. The TV-show discussion did not include his point of view, and according to the plaintiff, the discussion made reference to the fact that the deputy-mayor is Arab and presented a biased and discriminatory portrait of him. 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
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
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) 2018 Romania / National Council for Combatting Discrimination / casefile no. 580/2017, decision 75/2018 Religion Muslims The case refers to an incident between a Muslim student and a professor of the Bucharest University, who is in favor of banning headscarves and other religious symbols in state institutions. The professor, who teaches at the Political Studies Faculty, harasses his Muslim students wearing headscarves. He later writes a blog entry describing his views on wearing niqab or hijab in state institutions, and on the need to limit refugees’ rights in order to ensure “fidelity” towards the countries of… View more
Romania National Council for Combatting Discrimination (CNCD) 2017 Romania / National Council for Combatting Discrimination / casefile no. 325/2017, decision 493/2017 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Migrants The case refers to a public servant who advances to a managerial position in local administration, despite regularly publishing negative views on ethnic and religious minorities. The petitioner claims that the defendant was appointed as Head of the Office for education, culture, cults, sports and society in Cluj-Napoca City Hall, despite a well-known negative stance on ethnic and religious minorities. Ex: "The refugee crisis is actually an organized Muslim invasion". According to the… View more
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