Hate case

Opole 2016: Gun-threats for use of minority language

14.09.2024  |  Poland  |  Submitted by: Socio-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole Silesia (SKGD)

Country                                                 Poland

Year                                                       2016

Affected group/minority              German minority

Perpetrator                                        Facebook user from Polish origin

Type of case                                       Hate speech

Type of act                                          Written attack

Media:                                                  Online platforms and/or communication channels

Reactions:                                           A complaint filed with the District Prosecutor's Office; investigation was launched but suspended

 

Brief description:            

On 16.06.2016, a person wrote the following post on the social network "Facebook": 

"I can think of a lot of words... that's a damn exaggeration... and as if that wasn't enough, people who don't know the Polish language speak! If I had a gun, I'd shoot you Germanized sluts... Thank you, good night."

On 28.06.2016, SKGD informed the Public Prosecutor's Office about the abovementioned case. As a result, SKGD received an investigation notice for public incitement to hatred. On 1.06.2017, SKGD was summoned as a witness to the court hearing.

Various media covered the case. The organisation also released a statement on the case and filed a complaint with the District Prosecutor's Office. However, the investigations were discontinued because the act was found not to constitute a criminal offence.

 

More information on the case can be obtained from:

Social-Cultural Society of Germans in Opole, Silesia

sekretariat@skgd.pl

 

Photo:

Tima Miroshnichenko @ www.pexels.com

Screenshot provided by SKGD

 

 

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