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Finland The Kouvola Court of Appeal (Kouvolan hovioikeus/Kouvola hovrätt) 2013 Finland / Kouvola Court of Appeal / R 12/385, Number 103 Religion, Race/Ethnicity Muslims, Third country nationals The defendant appealed to the Kouvola Court of Appeal against the judgement of the Kymenlaakso District Court on 30 March 2012, by which he was convicted for incitement to hatred. The defendant was convicted for publishing the following insulting message on the Uusi Suomi website: “I don’t mind what the Saudis do in their own country, it’s none of our business. The positive thing is that when a Muslim girl is killed, there is one potential Muslim child-bearer less.” The defendant claimed that… View more
Finland Supreme Court (Korkein oikeus / Högsta domstolen) 2012 Finland / Supreme Court / KKO:2012:58, R2010/1101 Religion, Race/Ethnicity Muslims, EU citizens & nationals with migrant background, Third country nationals The Supreme Court convicted a Finnish MP of incitement to hatred (ethnic agitation) and breach of the sanctity of religion for an article he wrote in his blog in 2008. In this blog entry he described Islam as a paedophile religion and wrote that theft and leading a parasitic life by living off welfare is a national and maybe even genetic characteristic of Somalis. The Helsinki District Court and the Court of Appeal had previously acquitted the defendant of the charge of incitement to hatred,… View more
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