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Greece Greek Council of State 2019 Greece / Council of State/Decisions Nos. 1759-1760/2019 of the Plenary Religion Other religious groups Through Decisions nos. 1759-1760 / 2019 the Plenary of the Council of State repealed Nos. 92091 / D2 / 5.6.2018 (B '2087) and 92094 / D2 / 5.6.2018 (B' 2089) Decisions of the Minister of Education, insofar as they provided for students' religion to be included on high school diplomas, transcripts and certificates. The mandatory or optional inclusion of religion in the documents was considered to constitute a violation of Article 13 of the Hellenic Constitution (religious freedom… View more
Greece Ombudsman 2019 Greece / Greek Ombudsman/case 264690 Religion Muslims The head of a nursing unit at a public hospital refused to permit a student of the Muslim faith to carry out her internship at the hospital while wearing a veil. The Ombudsman requested that the hospital’s administration set out a specific and full justification, in compliance with the relevant provisions of Law 4443/2016 on the grounds for that decision. The hospital cited this was done on the grounds of public health, since the student’s practical exercise would be carried out in the internal… View more
Finland Helsinki Court of Appeal (Helsingin hovioikeus/Helsingfors hovrätt) 2019 Finland / Helsinki Court of Appeal / 19/147289, R19/1258
A copy of the decision can be requested from the registry of the Helsinki Court of Appeal.
Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims The defendant (A) had quoted on his Twitter account statements which the Supreme Court had found defamatory in a case where a Finnish MP had been convicted of incitement to hatred and breach of the sanctity of religion (KKO:2012:58). The MP had described Islam as “a paedophile religion” and had held that “theft and leading a parasitic life by living off welfare is a national and maybe even genetic characteristic of Somalis”. The defendant A claimed that by quoting the statements on Twitter he… 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
Finland Rovaniemi Court of Appeal (Rovaniemen hovioikeus / Rovaniemi hovrätt) 2019 Finland / Rovaniemi Court of Appeal / 19/150674, R18/856
A copy of the decision can be requested from the registry of the Rovaniemi Court of Appeal
Religion Muslims The defendant was a Sunni Muslim from Iraq and had applied for asylum in Finland. He had uploaded on his open Facebook page 11 videos as well as pictures depicting violent acts or brutal violence allegedly committed by Shia Muslims against Sunni Muslims. He had also written on his Facebook wall, in Arabic, that Shia Muslims were murderers and Iran’s henchmen and should be cursed and removed from Iraq. The defendant claimed he had wanted to comment on the crimes against humanity committed in his… View more
Finland District Court of Helsinki (Helsingin käräjäoikeus / Helsingfors tingsrätt) 2019 Finland / District Court of Helsinki / 19/140548, R18/710
A copy of the decision can be requested from the registry of the District Court of Helsinki
Religion Muslims The city housing production office had decided to employ A. According to the regulations of the housing production office, the CEO decides on hiring new employees. When A’s employment contract was to be signed, the CEO was on leave. She had authorised the project manager to sign the employment contract. A HR specialist was also present. A then told that he was a Muslim and would like to take an (unpaid) prayer break each day, one hour on Fridays and five minutes during other days. This had not… View more
France Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) 2019 France / Court of Cassation/19-81631/ECLI:FR:CCASS:2019:CR01817 Religion Muslims On 13 September 2016, an article was put on line on the site saintnazairebleumarine.fr., entitled ‘The alarming sacrifice of Eid al-Adha (Aïd el-Kébir) in a Saint-Nazaire sports hall’ containing the following, ‘we learn that the Council grants organizational facilities through lending of rooms to associations responsible for such practices. The sports halls of our municipality are places for development at the service of sport, public health and our youth. They are not theatres of agony and… View more
France Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) 2019 France / Court of Cassation/18-85306/ECLI:FR:CCASS:2019:CR01531 Race/Ethnicity Muslims The Public Prosecutor summoned historian Mr. N., editor-in-chief of the Revue d'histoire de la Shoah (Holocaust History Journal), and editorial manager of the Holocaust Memorial and guest on the programme 'Répliques' (Replies) on 10 October 2015, to appear before the criminal court on charges of incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence against a person or group of persons on account of their origin or their membership or non-membership of a particular ethnic group, nation… View more
Croatia Misdemeanor Court in Zagreb (Prekršajni sud u Zagrebu) 2019 Croatia / Misdemeanor Court in Zagreb / Pp J-3220/2019-10 Race/Ethnicity Muslims The defendant was sentenced to a fine for HRK 1,000.00 for a violation of Art. 25 par. 1 of the Anti-Discrimination Act. The defendant insulted his daughter's ex- extramarital husband on the religious grounds with the words "Why are you looking at me like that, motherfucker, you Muslim shit" which caused him a sense of anxiety and disgust. View more
France Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) 2019 France / Cour de cassation/18-85299/ECLI:FR:CCASS:2019:CR01530 Religion Muslims During the programme "C à vous" (Over to you) broadcast on the France 5 television channel on 6 September 2016, during which he gave an interview, Mr H. made the following remarks at four different points during the conversation with a journalist: first passage, the answer "No" to the question whether "there are Muslims in France who live in peace, who do not interpret the texts of the Koran to the letter, who are totally integrated"; second passage, "the… View more
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