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Sąd Rejonowy w Raciborzu - 29.10.2019

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Case Description: Criminal conviction for repeated antisemitic hate speech and incitement to hatred committed online. The accused published numerous public internet comments calling for violence and extermination of Jews and invoking Nazi crimes. The court rejected the defence of protected political expression, holding that the statements constituted intentional antisemitic hate speech and incitement to national hatred, which fall outside freedom of expression. The judgment emphasised the severe social harm of such rhetoric and imposed criminal sanctions including a suspended custodial sentence, a fine, and probationary measures.

Art. 256 § 1, Art. 257, Art. 11 § 2–3, Art. 91 §§ 1–2, Art. 69 §§ 1–2, Art. 70 § 1, Art. 72 § 1, Art. 71 § 1, Art. 53 Criminal Code

Art. 54 Constitution of the Republic of Poland

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Latitude: 50.08923354849216

Longitude: 18.21887254714966

Link: https://orzeczenia.ms.gov.pl/content/$N/151515150001006_II_K_000347_2019_Uz_2019-10-29_001