{"id":1730,"date":"2019-09-26T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2019-09-26T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:20:52","slug":"trial-on-the-hate-crime-case-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d9lb3qyw8jhbr.cloudfront.net\/en\/trial-on-the-hate-crime-case-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial on the hate crime case — report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On February 11, 2018, a terrible incident occurred in Kobrin — a man attacked a young couple of Roma origin and inflicted many stab wounds. The pregnant woman eventually died, her husband survived. The person who committed the crime was arrested. The court considered the question of whether this crime was committed on the grounds of hatred and prejudice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hate crimes are one of the strategic topics in our work, so we monitored the trial. Volunteers of the human rights organization Human Constanta<\/a> monitored court hearings both in the Brest Regional Court, and when appealing the verdict in the Supreme Court. It was important for us to find out how the motive of the crime is investigated, whether there is, in fact, prejudice and how a legal assessment is given. We also wanted to understand how much a clear legal signal is given to the public at the court session about the inadmissibility of hate crimes. As a result of monitoring, we made recommendations to the courts and investigative bodies on improving legislation. See the detailed report below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n