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Court cases on racist - hate crime

Code:
S3
Key Area:
Racist violence - Hate Speech Statistics
Strand(s):
Statistics
15/03/2012 - 23:31
Short Answer

According to the Criminal Law, the Chancellor of Justice (Justitieombudsmannen, JK), received 140 reports of incitement to racial hatred in 2010 and decided to initiate investigations on five cases.

Qualitative Info

The Chancellor of Justice (Justitieombudsmannen, JK), received 140 reports of incitement to racial hatred and decided to initiate investigations on five cases compared to seven in 2009. This means that 135 cases involving complaints of hate speech were closed without an investigation. The Chancellor of Justice explains that the complaints have not been considered criminal or that the Chancellor has not been authorized to prosecute since the hate speeches have been expressed in a medium that is not covered by the Freedom of the Press or the Freedom of Expression Act.


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Exemplary cases
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Africans/black people, National minorities
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Religious intolerance, Nationalism, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism
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28/01/2013 - 02:19
Short Answer

According to the Criminal Law, the Chancellor of Justice (Justitieombudsmannen, JK), received 97 reports of incitement to racial hatred in 2011 and decided to initiate investigations in 3 cases.

Qualitative Info

The Chancellor of Justice (Justitieombudsmannen, JK), received 97 reports of incitement to racial hatred and decided to initiate investigations on 3 cases compared to 5 in 2010. This means that 94 cases involving complaints of hate speech were closed without an investigation. The Chancellor of Justice explains that the complaints have not been considered criminal or that the Chancellor has not been authorized to prosecute since the hate speeches have been expressed in a medium that is not covered by the Freedom of the Press or the Freedom of Expression Act.


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Numbers of cases 3
Official or estimates Official
Exemplary cases
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Africans/black people, National minorities
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Religious intolerance, Nationalism, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism
External Url http://www.jk.se/sv-SE/Justitiekanslern/~/media/Files/arsredovisningar/arsredovisning%202011.ashx
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