Application Number 34367/14 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant was the leader and spokesperson of the organization “Sharia4Belgium,” which was dissolved in 2012, for incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence for remarks he made in YouTube videos concerning non-Muslim groups and Sharia. The ECtHR found that his statements promoted hatred […]
Application Number: 15615/07 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The Chairman of Belgium’s National Front, claimed a violation of his rights under Article 10 in relation to his conviction of incitement to racism. This case dealt with anti-immigrant statements and recommendations made by Féret in leaflets distributed during an electoral campaign. Statements […]
Application Number 13274/08 European Court of Human Rights The applicants were imprisoned for the publication of an article entitled ‘Europe and us’ which discussed how Europe does not accept Islam or the Prophet Muhammad. The ECtHR found that some of the statements could be seen as abusive against the Prophet Muhammed who had been described […]
Application Number 23131/03 European Court of Human Rights During two seminars, the applicant, a public speaker, made comments regarding the Prophet Muhammad, including that he was a pedophile. She was convicted of disparaging religious doctrines and ordered to pay a fine. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-187188%22]} Theme(s): Religious Hatred Date: […]
Application Number 1813/07 European Court of Human Rights The applicants gave out leaflets at a secondary school with homophobic statements, including linking HIV and AIDS and pedophilia with homosexuals. They were fined in Sweden. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10 since their speech amounted to an attack against homosexuals, regardless of the lack […]
Application Number 41288/15 European Court of Human Rights Two men posted a public photograph of themselves kissing on Facebook. The post went viral. It attracted around 800 comments, most of which were hateful. The national authorities did not proceed with charging the users making hateful comments, on the grounds that the couple’s ‘eccentric behaviour’ was […]
Application Number 29297/18 European Court of Human Rights A municipal council in Iceland approved a proposal to strengthen education and counselling in schools concerning those who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The decision was reported in the news and led to substantial public discussion, inter alia, on the radio station Ú.S. The applicant wrote comments […]
Application Number 27510/08 European Court of Human Rights The case concerned the criminal conviction of the applicant after he publically challenged the occurrence of the Armenian genocide. The applicant had described the genocide as an ‘international lie’ at various conferences in Switzerland. The ECtHR found that he had not committed an abuse of his rights […]
Application Number 7485/03 European Commission of Human Rights The applicant sent a letter to a professor following an article the latter published regarding the culpability of the Nazi Party and the intention of Hitler to murder the Jews. The applicant wrote a letter to him saying that these statements were false and was subsequently convicted […]
Application Number 64496/17 European Court of Human Rights A Bishop gave an interview to a Swedish television programme where he alleged that six million Jews were not gassed and that there were no gas chambers. Der Spiegel published an article in which the applicant’s statements about the existence of the gas chambers during the Nazi […]