YEFIMOV AND YOUTH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP v RUSSIA

Application Numbers 12385/15 and 51619/15 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The first applicant was the founder and director of the applicant association. In 2011, he posted a short note on the applicant association’s website concerning about the Russian Orthodox Church. He was placed on the list of terrorist and extremists, prosecuted for hate […]

SANCHEZ v FRANCE

Application Number 45581/15 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The applicant was, at the material time, parliamentary candidate for Front National. He was criminally convicted for inciting hatred or violence against a group of people/an individual due to their religion. His conviction resulted from his failure to promptly delete comments written by […]

NORWOOD v UK

Application Number 23131/03 European Court of Human Rights A regional organizer for the British National Party displayed a poster in his window with the words “Islam out of Britain- Protect the British People” and a symbol of a crescent and star in a prohibition sign. He was charged in the UK. The ECtHR applied Article […]

I.A. v. TURKEY

Application Number 42571/98 European Court of Human Rights The applicant, owner of a publishing house which published “The Forbidden Phrases” was charged with blasphemy. The ECtHR found no violation of Article 10, since the depiction of the Prophet Mohammed could be abusive to some believers. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-70113%22]} Theme(s): Religious Hatred/Blasphemy Date: 13 December 2006 Description […]

ERBAKAN v TURKEY

Application Number 59405/00 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] In this case, a politician was charged for a pre-election speech he had made four years before the charge on the grounds that his comments made distinctions between religions, races and regions. The Court pointed out that imprisoning a politician would have a […]

IBRAGIM IBRAGIMOV AND OTHERS v RUSSIA

Applications Numbers 1413/08 and 28621/11 European Court of Human Rights The case involved the decision of the Contracting Party to declare Said Nrusi’s book extremist literature which resulted in a ban on its publication and distribution and the consequent seizure of the undistributed copies (see paragraph 42 above). The Court found that, since these books depicted a moderate, non-violent, understanding […]

SOULAS AND OTHERS v FRANCE

Application Number 15948/03 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French] The three applicants were involved in the publication of a book entitled “The Colonization of Europe” with the subtitle “True Speech on Immigration and Islam.” The director and publisher of a publishing company and the author were fined for provoking hatred and violence. […]

LE PEN v FRANCE

Application Number 18788/09 European Court of Human Rights [Judgment delivered in French]  This case involved an application brought by the president of the French National Front for the alleged breach of his Article 10 rights due to his conviction for inciting hatred against Muslims during an interview with Le Monde newspaper. He stated, inter alia, […]

GINIEWSKI v FRANCE

 Application Number 64016/00 European Court of Human Rights The applicant wrote an article in a newspaper regarding the role of the doctrine of the ‘fulfillment’ of the Old Covenant in the New led to anti-Semitism and prepared the ground for Auschwitz to take place. The ECtHR found that the applicant was discussing possible reasons for […]

SIMUNIC v CROATIA

Application Number 20373/17 European Court of Human Rights   The applicant, a footballer, chanted the official greeting of the Ustashe movement and totalitarian regime of the Independent State of Croatia during a football match. The ECtHR found the application manifestly ill-founded. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-189769%22]} Theme(s): Ethnic and Religious Hatred Date: 22 January 2019 Description of applicant(s): Football […]