Austria / Higher Regional Court Vienna / 18 Bs 339/18m
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Austria
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Incident(s) concerned/related
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Key facts of the case
A women posted several statements her two Facebook profiles over a two-month period: She called refugees "human garbage" as well "deranged, criminal, escaped murderers". She called Muslims "human shit " and commented that "these children are programmed to hate from an early age on. To kill. Muslims can do nothing else. " In response to the birth of the Viennese New Year's Baby 2018 she posted: "We do not want asshole Muslim children.[...] Keep yourself the fuck Islam with its parasitic minus-humans."
Main reasoning/argumentation
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Is the case related to the application of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, the Racial Equality Directive?
Key issues (concepts, interpretations) clarified by the case
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Results (sanctions, outcome) and key consequences or implications of the case
The Higher Regional Court found that this posting amounts to incitement to hatred according to § 283 of the Austrian Criminal Code.
Key quotation in original language and its unofficial translation into English with reference details
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