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Spain | European Court of Human Rights, ECHR | 2012 | ECtHR / No. 47159/08 / Judgment / B.S. v. Spain | Race/Ethnicity | Third country nationals | In its B.S. vs. Spain ruling of 24 July 2012 the European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 3 and of Article 14 in conjuntion with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The applicant was a woman of Nigerian origin who worked as a prostitute at the time. In July 2005, she was stopped and questioned by authorities on three occasions; she alleged that she was beaten and racially abused on each occasion. Following the third incident, she lodged a criminal complaint… | View more |
Spain | Vigo Criminal Court (Juzgado de lo Penal de Vigo) | 2012 | Spain / Vigo Criminal Court / No. 22/2012 | Race/Ethnicity | Muslims, Migrants, Refugees & asylum seekers, EU citizens & nationals with migrant background, Third country nationals, Foreigners, Black people or of African origin, Other religious groups | The two defendants, Ceferino and Justiniano, both followers of Nazi ideology, were acquitted of incitement to hatred (article 510 of the Criminal Code), but Ceferino was condemned under a different provision of the Criminal Code for disseminating ideas or doctrines that justify genocide (article 607.2 of the Criminal Code). Since 2006, Ceferino had been sending messages in support of Nazi ideology and objectives through the nationalist Forum, www.my-forum.org. Justiniano accompanied him by… | View more |
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