Refused admission to pubs

Alert DateJanuary 21, 2007 Country: Austria Address: Vienna General Type: Discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Afrophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Africans/black people Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Daily life

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Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender Female, Male
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number 2
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 2
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

In January 2007, Ms P. wants to go to the birthday party of an acquaintance in a pub in Vienna together with her African-born friend. When her friend is refused entry, the manager tells her to notify him in advance the next time she wanted to take a black along. Upon this the company proceeds to a nearby restaurant, but there the manager also says that he does not want blacks. The anti-racism NGO ZARA files a report against the proprietors of both businesses under the Introductory Act to the Administrative Procedure Acts and the cases are brought before the Equal Treatment Commission.

In November 2008, more that 21 months after the application was filed, decisions are reached in both cases of refused admission. In reference to both the Irish Pub, as well as the restaurants it is decreed that the denial of entry and respectively, the refusal of service constitutes immediate discrimination against Mr L. on the basis of ethnicity in the sense of the Equal Treatment Act.

Source: ZARA Report 2008, http://www.zara.or.at/materialien/rassismus-report/Racism_Report_2008.pdf; http://www.bka.gv.at/site/6613/default.aspx (Date of access: 2011-11-05)