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Poland I instance: District Court in Legnica, II instance: Appellate Court in Wroclaw 2016 Poland / I instance: District Court in Legnica / Ref. no. III K 88/16 and II instance: Appellate Court in Wroclaw / Ref. no. II Aka 131/17 Race/Ethnicity Migrants On August 2 2016, in the premises of an oriental restaurant, two Polish citizens used physical violence and insulted two Pakistani nationals. The attack was motivated by the victims' nationality and race. Perpetrators threw a glass bottle at their victims and hit them in their heads and bodies. They were using insulting words, referring to the colour of their skin and foreign nationality. They were demanding that their victims went back to their country. At the end, they threatened they… View more
Poland I instance: District Court in Lodz, II instance: Appellate Court in Lodz 2015 Poland / I instance: District Court in Lodz / Ref.no. XVIII K 29/15 / II instance: Appellate Court in Lodz / Ref.no. II Aka 167/15 Nationality Migrants On December 20, 2014 the accused entered the restaurant and used physical violence towards a Vietnamese citizen, working at this restaurant, due to his race. He threw a bottle toward his victim and destroyed five chairs, a table, and glass vessels as well as damaged the buffet. The case was reported to the police and perpetrator was accused under Article 119 § 1 of the Criminal Code. View more
Poland I instance: District Court in O., II instance: Appellate Court in Bialystok 2014 Poland / I instance: District Court in O. / Ref. no. II K 237/12 / II instance: Appellate Court in Bialystok / Ref. no. II AKa 221/14 Race/Ethnicity Migrants On June 29, 2012 four Polish citizens attacked on the street a group of foreigners from the Republic of South Africa. They were hitting their victims with hands, beating, kicking and pushing them, which posed a threat to the victims' health. Moreover, perpetrators were using insulting words related to victims' nationality and race. Foreigners reported the incident to the police. View more
Poland I instance: District Court in Warsaw, II instance: Appellate Court in Warsaw 2015 Poland / I instance: District Court in Warsaw / Ref.no. XVIII K 100/14 / II instance: Appellate Court in Warsaw / Ref. no. II Aka 60/15 Race/Ethnicity Migrants On February 13, 2013 two Polish citizens used physical violence against a Nigerian citizen which was motivated by his race and nationality. The perpetrators were beating the victim, punching him in the face and hitting with plastic bottles, which posed a threat to foreigner's life and health. Moreover, perpetrators publicly insulted their victim with abusive words referring to his skin colour and nationality, for example they called him a "monkey". The case was reported to the… View more
Poland I instance: Regional Court in Bialystok, II instance: District Court in Bialystok 2014 Poland / I instance: Regional Court in Bialystok / Ref. no. VII K 1018/13 / II instance: District Court in Bialystok / Ref. no. VIII Ka 577/14 Nationality Migrants On August 25 2013 two Chechen women were having a walk with their small children in the city. When they were passing by the group of 3 Polish citizens, they were publicly insulted because of their nationality. Perpetrators were screaming vulgar words such as "Chechen whores!", showing offensive gestures towards them and one of them spat in the face of one victim. Women run to the nearest church and called their relatives. An incident was reported to the police. View more
Poland I instance: Regional Court in Bialystok, II instance: District Court in Bialystok 2016 Poland / I instance: Regional Court in Bialystok / Ref. no. VII K 285/14 / II instance: District Court in Bialystok / Ref. no. VIII Ka 157/16 Religion Muslims In the period of 2009-2011, the accused was posting offensive statements on various Internet websites, inciting hatred towards Chechens and insulting them due to their religion, nationality and migration status (refugees and asylum-seekers). View more
Poland I instance: Regional Court Poznan, II instance: District Court in Poznan 2016 Poland / I instance: Regional Court Poznan-Grunwald and Jezyce in Poznan / Ref. no. III K 109/16 / II instance: District Court in Poznan / Ref. no. XVII Ka 1098/16 Religion Muslims On September 12, 2015 during the football match, the accused used a loudspeaker and publicly insulted Muslims. He was encouraging other football fans to sing an insult song about Muslim refugees using words commonly considered as vulgar, which they did. View more
Poland Regional Court in Czestochowa 2018 Poland / Regional Court in Czestochowa / VII Ka 139/18 Religion, Race/Ethnicity Muslims The defendant (M.P.) was accused of publicly inciting hatred against foreign nationals and followers of other religions, by placing on his profile on the social media calls to aggression against the Muslim community, in particular by tearing down their places of worship and posting graphics calling for the use of violence against Muslims. The District Court in Czestochowa (court of the I instance) discontinued the criminal proceedings for the probation period of 1 year, considering that the… View more
Poland Regional Court in Wrocław (Sąd Okręgowy we Wrocławiu) 2020 Poland / Regional Court in Wrocław / Judgement of 30 October 2020, case no. III K 202/20 Religion Muslims The defendant was accused of having posted a series of offensive comments on a large, public Internet discussion board. The comments, made under linked media publications, were targeted at various groups, such as persons of African descent, Muslims, nationals of Arab countries, Latin Americans and members of LGBTQI community. As regards Muslims, the defendant has stated, among others, that he "wouldn't mind selling European Muslims' body organs" or that "scientific… View more
Poland Supreme Court (Sąd Najwyższy) 2021 Poland / Supreme Court / Judgement of 24 November 2021, case no. V K 42/21 Nationality Third country nationals The applicant was convicted, at first instance, for having insulted a group of Turkish nationals and persons of Arabian origin by shouting, among others: "Only white race, I will kill every Arab!" and other vulgar expressions aimed at Turks, Arabs and Muslims in a public place. When doing so, the man was being apprehended by the police and placed in a police van parked in a centre of a large city. He was then acquitted from this count by a court of the second instance, but a public… View more
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