Referendum propaganda of Swiss right-wing populist party SVP "Kosovars slit Swiss!": Criminal convictions for racial discrimination confirmed by the Federal Supreme Court

For racial discrimination is guilty who publicly incites hatred or discrimination against a person or a group of persons on the grounds of their race, ethnic originor religion (article 261, paragraph 1 of the Swiss Criminal Code [SCC/StGB]) or who publicly denigrates or discriminates against another or a group of persons on the grounds of their race, ethnic origin or religion in a manner that violates human dignity (article 261bis paragraph 4, first part of sentence of the Swiss Criminal Code [SCC/StGB]).
Medienmitteilung – Urteil 6B_610/2016 – SVP-Inserat “Kosovaren schlitzen Schweizer auf!”: Verurteilungen wegen Ra…https://t.co/kHjBKkG8R1
— Bundesgericht (@bger_CH) 13. April 2017
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- Meeting of the Court of penal law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court held on April 13, 2017 – 6B_610/2016: Racial discrimination (article 261bis paragraph 1 and paragraph 4, 1st part of the sentence, of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC/ StGB)