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Case Law

Ostre Landsret [Eastern High Court]
28/02/2007
Area Violence and crime
Form of Discrimination Instruction to discriminate / incitement to discrimination
Grounds of discrimination Discrimination on ground of racial or ethnic origin
Topic Discrimination by private parties
Hate speech , Anti-Semitism , Denmark , legal finding, court decision , Discrimination on ground of racial or ethnic origin .
Key facts of the case:

The accused published a leaflet with an encouragement to 'attack' Danish members of the government and to publish statements on the website of the organisation of Hizb-ut-Tahrir which encourage attacks on persons of Jewish background.

Main reasoning/argumentation:

Violation of section 266 b (2) cf. (1) of the Criminal Code (Prohibition against Hate Speech) and section 119 (1).


Results:

60 days imprisonment