Seven People Sentenced to Prison in Spain for Social Media Post

Origo

Right

Factuality

Ownership

Spain's Supreme Court has handed down a landmark ruling, sentencing seven people to prison for social media posts that were critical of illegal migration and unaccompanied minors. The decision has been criticized by several organizations, who say it raises new questions about the limits of freedom of expression in Spain.

Pch24.pl

Factuality

Ownership

Spain's Supreme Court has upheld the prison sentences of seven people convicted of hateful social media posts about migrants. The case concerns comments posted on Facebook in 2017 about unaccompanied minors who arrived in Melilla, Spain's autonomous city on the North African coast. The defendants, who ran popular social media profiles with thousands of followers, referred to the arriving minor migrants as "MENAs" (menores extranjeros no acompaña…