Czech Parliament Lifts Far-Right Leader Okamura’s Immunity From Prosecution

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Okamura is suspected of inciting hatred.

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The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday night issued SPD leader Tomi Okamura for criminal prosecution. Police want to charge him with hatred against a group of people over controversial party posters he placed on Prague's Wenceslas Square last year.

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Czech Parliament Lifts Far-Right Leader Okamura’s Immunity From Prosecution

The Czech Chamber of Deputies yesterday granted a police request to lift the immunity from prosecution of Tomio Okamura, leader of the far-right party Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Okamura is being charged with incitement to racial hatred over two inflammatory posters from his party’s election campaign last year. The lower house approved the police request after more than four hours of deliberations, during which SPD MPs delivered speeches…

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Police will be allowed to pursue criminal proceedings against SPD chairman Tomio Okamur for a pair of controversial posters of the opposition movement from last year's election campaign. The House on Wednesday released him for prosecution after more than four hours of deliberations. In the debate, SPD deputies took turns in the speaker, their speeches...

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The debate was mostly attended by SPD deputies, whose speeches mainly concerned freedom of expression and speech. The police suspect Okamura of inciting hatred against a group of people or restricting their rights and freedoms. According to them, the posters had a racist or xenophobic overtone. 81 of the 143 deputies present voted in favor of the criminal prosecution of the SPD leader. There were 62 against. The indictment was supported by legis…

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The police will be able to conduct criminal proceedings against SPD chairman Tomio Okamura for a pair of controversial posters of the opposition movement from last year's election campaign. The Chamber of Deputies issued him for prosecution on Wednesday after more than four hours of deliberation. In the debate, mostly SPD deputies took turns at the podium, and their speeches mainly concerned freedom of expression and speech. The police suspect O…