French comedian sentenced for defamation, slander and incitement to hatred and discrimination

Alert DateNovember 28, 2012 Country: France General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-semitism
Groups affected / Interested in: Ethnic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet
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November 11 - French comedian Dieudonné was sentenced to 20 000 euro fine by the Paris Criminal Court for defamation, slander and incitement to hatred and discrimination for saying that "the Jews are the big crooks on the planet" in an interview on a site that presents as “raising the awareness of Muslims” and for a song "Holocaust Baby" in two videos posted on the internet.

He has been already sentenced to several fines for anti-Semitic remarks. On June 26, 2008 he was sentenced by the Paris Court of Appeal to a fine of € 7000 for the assimilation of the memory of the Holocaust to the "memorial pornography". On November 15, 2007 he was sentenced by the Paris Court of Appeal to a fine of € 5,000 fine for having compared the "Jewish" to "slaves" in 2004.

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