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Denmark Ligebehandlingsnævnet (The Board of Equal Treatment) 2022 Denmark / The Board of Equal Treatment / Jr. nr. 21-30929 Race/Ethnicity eu citizens & nationals with migrant background The case concerned whether af woman was discriminated against based on her ethnicity by the municipal administration in relation to their ruling on sickness benefits. The administration had asked questions regarding the women's Turkish origin which was considered as discrimination by the Board. View more
Denmark UN CERD Committee 2022 Denmark / CERD / CERD/C/DNK/CO/22-24 Race/Ethnicity eu citizens & nationals with migrant background CERD submitted its concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to the twenty-fourth periodic review of Denmark on 01 February 2022. The observations concludes on Denmark's latest effort on combatting racial discrimination in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by its States parties View more
Denmark Østre Landsret (The Eastern National Court) 2021 Denmark / National Court / Religion Muslims The case concerned whether the accused by a range of circumstances had violated § 266 b of the Danish Criminal Code (commonly known as "the racism paragraph"). The accused were found guilty in violating § 266 b in six of the circumstances. The circumstances was related to a range of statements regarding people from Greenland, Muslims and people living in the so-called "ghettos". The statements were delivered both online and during demonstrations. The case was distinct in the… View more
Denmark Supreme Court (Højesteret) 2021 Denmark / Supreme Court / Sag 100/2020 Migrant status Migrants The case concerns whether a group of persons had violated the hate crime paragraph in the Danish Criminal Law (§ 266 b) by distributing hateful statements about migrants and asylum-seekers. Whether "non-Western migrants" and "asylum seekers" could constitute a group under "race, skin color, national or ethnic origin, faith or sexual orientation" was the main question of the case. View more
Denmark National Court (Retten i Næstved) 2020 Denmark / The District Court of Næstved Religion Muslims The defendant, who is a politician and founder of the far-right political party Hard Line (Stram Kurs), expressed the following statements publicly during a political demonstration: "We have seen what I would call the 'sharia police' who are local, buff, social benefit recipients, muslim men, typically from Arab countries in the age, what can it be? .. 20 to 30, who have never ever contributed to the society, who hate everything that is Danish, who can only figure out to raise an… View more
Denmark National Court (Retten i Roskilde) 2019 Denmark / The District Court of Roskilde Religion Muslims The defendant wrote a public post on Facebook. The defendant wrote: "It is Allah who gives them problems, they have bred like hell to be enough to carry out jihad against us. Muslims should only be helped with condoms, birth control pills, sterilization, etc. ” View more
Denmark National Court/ The Court of the Faroe Islands (Retten på Færøerne) 2019 Denmark / The Court of the Faroe Islands Religion Muslims The case concerns hate speech. The defendant was indicted for having made the following statements at a public café in the Faroe Islands: "I hate all Muslims, you are shitty people, who only want to exploit Denmark, you should all be thrown out of the country, Muslims are responsible for all crime in Denmark and Sweden", "I kill all Muslims, I beat you to death, Muslims should be exterminated", "I hate Muslims and if you say something I will smash you", "You… View more
Denmark National Court (Retten i Svendborg) 2019 Denmark /The District Court of Svendborg Religion Muslims The case concerns hate speech. The defendant was indicted for having made the following public facebook post during a longer period: "Now Denmark wants a wild boar fence against African swine fever?? What about Muslims Plague?" "Now Denmark is stuck with hundreds of 'refugees', criminals and individuels of other questionable skincolour/origin." "By the way Muslims are NOT a race (they always invoke the RACISM-card) but a they are a kind of rats”, ”Fuck all… View more
Denmark National higher court (Østre Landsret) 2018 Denmark / the Eastern High Court/ available in the Journal of Criminal Law (Tidsskrift for Kriminalret), TfK 2018.383 Ø (appeal decision) Religion Muslims The defendant wrote a comment on a politician's open Facebook page about a Muslim woman who is known to the public. The defendant wrote “She should be deported or shot for treason as the Muslim she is … Ew!!” View more
Denmark National higher court (Vestre Landsret) 2018 Denmark / the Western High Court/available in the Journal of Criminal Law (Tidsskrift for Kriminalret) TfK 2019.45 V (appeal decision) Race/Ethnicity, Race/Ethnicity Refugees & asylum seekers The defendant commented an article on a newspaper’s Facebook page. The article was about an offender in Germany who had thrown a hand grenade on a refugee camp in Germany, and the article also stated that there was an increase in attacks on German refugee camps. The defendant wrote “Good style the more black monkeys to Neanderthals we can shoot from the face of this earth the better I sure damn hope that he who threw it will receive a medal”. View more
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