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Czech Police Press Charges Against Leader of Far-Right Opposition SPD Party
CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 24 – Police say SPD's anti-immigration posters from last year’s election campaign incited hatred, potentially violating Czech laws, with Okamura facing up to three years in prison if convicted.
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Silencing the Opposition? Czech Right-Wing Leader Faces Jail over Anti-Migration Posters
Czech right-wing opposition leader Tomio Okamura is facing criminal prosecution and potentially up to three years in prison over anti-migration posters produced during his party’s 2024 campaign. The case has ignited fierce debate, with Okamura alleging that the government is seeking to silence dissent. Czech police proposed filing charges against Okamura and his Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party on Thursday, July 24th, accusing them of in…
Police Propose Charges Against SPD Leader Okamura For Incitement of Hatred
Police have proposed charging Czech far-right leader Tomio Okamura and his party Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) over controversial posters from last year’s election campaign, which may constitute incitement of hatred, according to reports from Seznam Zpravy today. Okamura faces up to three years in prison if convicted. Okamura told CTK that he considers the case to have been manipulated, and will comment further when he is familiar with the …
The police have proposed indicting MP and SPD chairman Tomi Okamura and his opposition movement over controversial posters from last year's election campaign. According to criminal investigators, he has committed incitement to hatred, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison if convicted. The Seznam Zprávy server wrote this. Okamura ČTK...
The police have proposed indicting the SPD and its leader, Tomi Okamura, in the case of posters showing a dark-skinned man with a bloody knife and a blood-stained shirt with the inscription "Deficiencies in healthcare will not be solved by imported 'surgeons'". The police see the posters as incitement to hatred. Okamura has long denied the charges, and in response to the police proposal, he said that when "a true poster threatens to lead to indi…
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