Politician received various threatening letters after demanding harder sanctions against hate speech

Alert DateMay 17, 2011 Country: Germany Address: Halle General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Afrophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin German
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age 46-55
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

The Council of Experts for Immigration and Migration, which is chaired by a 49-year old City Counsellor and SPD-politician of Senegalese origin, decided to address a petition to the German Parliament concerning the tightening of article 130 of the criminal code on incitement of the people. Following this meeting, the City Counsellor has been interviewed and quoted in the report of the right-conservative newspaper ‘Junge Freiheit’. Demanding harder sanctions against hate speech, the City Counsellor received various threatening letters, including about 400 emails, and murder threats.

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