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Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 14 novembre 2017, n° 16-86.564 Cour de cassation chambre criminelle 14 novembre 2017 Sujets abordés dans les motifs #1 injures publiques envers un particulier #2 liberté de la presse #3 directeur de la publication #4 injures publiques #5 journaliste #6 injures publiques Voir plus (1) Chronologie de l’affaire Cour d'appel - Paris 14/09/2016 Cour de cassation Chambre criminelle 14/11/2017 N° 16-86.564 Entête Motifs Page 1 sur 4

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Cour de cassation, Chambre criminelle - 14.11.2017

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Case number: n° 16-86.564

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France

Case Description: "The defendant, Alain X (alias Y), acting as the director of publication for the website egaliteetreconciliation.fr, was prosecuted following the publication of several user comments. These comments were posted in response to an article on the site criticizing the journalist Frédéric Z for refusing to invite Alain X to his programs due to the latter's antisemitism. The comments included vulgar personal attacks (such as calling the journalist a ""journalope,"" ""corrupt traitor,"" and ""prostitute of the system"") as well as antisemitic slurs and references (such as ""Shoanirium pleurnirium"" and ""holocaustesque pleureuse""),. The Paris Court of Appeal previously convicted the defendant to a €5,000 fine and awarded damages to the civil parties. The Court of Cassation upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal for the following reasons: • Gross Personal Attacks: The remarks targeting the individual were correctly identified as gross, contemptuous invectives that constitute personal attacks contrary to human dignity. • Religious Targeting: The remarks regarding the victim’s perceived religious belonging were characterized as insults because of their semantics, wordplay, and references to the Shoah"

articles 29, alinéa 2, et 33, alinéa 3, de la loi du 29 juillet 1881 sur la liberté de la presse; article 33, alinéa 3, de la même loi; article 33, alinéa 2, de ladite loi

Name of Court: Cour de cassation, Chambre criminelle

Date of decision: Nov 14, 2017

Subjects

Freedom of Speech
Hate Speech and Incitement
Insult

Type of Court

Supreme Court

Area of Law

Criminal Law

Year

2017

Generated ID: ZDK2873-2330

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Latitude: 48.85688400268555

Longitude: 2.343904733657837

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