Denmark / The District Court of Roskilde

Country

Denmark

Title

Denmark / The District Court of Roskilde

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Year

2019

Decision/ruling/judgment date

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Incident(s) concerned/related

Other forms of hate speech

Related Bias motivation

Religion

Groups affected

Muslims

Court/Body type

National Court

Court/Body

National Court (Retten i Roskilde)

Key facts of the case

The defendant wrote a public post on Facebook. The defendant wrote: "It is Allah who gives them problems, they have bred like hell to be enough to carry out jihad against us. Muslims should only be helped with condoms, birth control pills, sterilization, etc. ”

Main reasoning/argumentation

The court found the defendant guilty of violating § 266 b, section 1 in the criminal code. The judgement was given in default.

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

No key issues can be drawn on the basis of this particular case.

Results (sanctions, outcome) and key consequences or implications of the case

8 daily penalties of 600 DKK. The court found the defendant guilty of violating § 266 b, section 1.

Key quotation in original language and its unofficial translation into English with reference details

"Retten har fundet tiltalte skyldig i overtrædelse af straffelovens § 266 b, stk. 1, ved den 27. maj 2016 i et åbent Facebook-opslag at have skrevet den omtalte tekst."

"The court found the defendant guilty of violating § 266 b, section 1 in the criminal code, by writing the text mentioned in the indictment in a public Facebook post on 27 May 2016."

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