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It is in Czech but translation is so easy now that it probably doesn't matter.
It would be great if you could either add an (auto-)translated version to the meta comment or find an English-language article.
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It is pretty recent piece of news and not talked about in foreign sources but I will add translation.
Thank you!
It is ...
Yes these. The posters were put up week ago, then for a week it was discussed with police and people who wanted to put up requests for investigation how to do it (to not overload judicial system with too much administrative work). Now the investigation started.
Auto translate:
'Complaints are filed for all counties.' The police have opened criminal proceedings because of the SPD poster
The Prague police have initiated criminal proceedings due to the controversial election poster of the SPD movement, for possible incitement to hatred against a group of persons. Police spokesman Jan Daněk stated this on Monday, saying that three different criminal reports are being registered in the matter. The Constitutional Court will also deal with the SPD election campaign.
SPD press conference According to the chairman, the SPD poster points to the devastating consequences of the migration pact Photo: René Volfík | Source: iROZHLAS.cz
The initiator of the judicial review of the case, attorney Pavla Krejčí, said that the constitutional complaints arose from four different regions. The head of the opposition SPD, Tomio Okamura, said that the movement intends to continue the campaign, calling criminal charges and complaints methods of political competition.
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The poster features a dark-skinned man with a bloody knife and a bloodied shirt, along with the text "Imported 'surgeons' won't solve health care shortfalls". After critical reactions, Okamura had previously stated that he was only reacting to the government's actions, due to which migrants will flow to the Czech Republic. He mentioned the approval of the migration pact of the European Union.
On Monday, he added that the movement intends to continue the campaign, and has other topics, "another allegory" ready. According to him, by filing criminal reports and complaints, the supporters of the government coalition want to denigrate his movement before the elections.
According to the chairman, the SPD poster points to the devastating consequences of the migration pact on Europe. According to him, the movement is proceeding "very tenderly" compared to the migrant attacks that are taking place in Europe and for which there are clear statistics, and in anticipation of "what is coming". 11:38 p.m
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"The case is being handled by Prague criminal investigators and, on the instructions of the public prosecutor, they have initiated criminal proceedings for the crime of inciting hatred towards a group of persons or restricting their rights and freedoms pursuant to § 356 paragraph 1, paragraph 3 letter a) of the Criminal Code," wrote Daněk.
The aforementioned legal qualification applies to anyone who publicly incites hatred of a nation, race or ethnic group "through the press, film, radio, television, publicly accessible computer network or other similarly effective means". Such a crime is punishable by six months to three years in prison.
Lawyer Krejčí considers the content of the campaign to be highly unethical, and as a voter in the Central Bohemian Region, she turned to the Central Bohemian Regional Court with a request to protect the democracy of elections. At the same time, through the X social network, she found volunteers who filed complaints with courts in other regions. 25:52
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"Currently, complaints have been filed for all regions," the lawyer said. "The petitioners include lawyers, doctors, psychologists, civil engineers, law school students and other professions. One complaint with one petitioner was filed for each region," she continued. She added that there were more interested parties, but that she did not want to burden the courts unnecessarily.
"In the complaints, we object to the unconstitutionality of the election regulations due to the lack of so-called pre-election judicial protection. At the same time, however, we conclude that regional courts can provide this protection if the right to such judicial protection can be derived from the Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms," she explained. "Courts are gradually starting to react. Constitutional complaints have already been filed for four regions, namely the Central Bohemian, South Moravian, Liberecký and Zlín regions," she added.