First Spanish politician sentenced to jail for xenophobia.

Alert DateNovember 22, 2011 Country: Spain Address: Manresa General Type: Racist discourse, Discrimination, Institutional discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Nationalism
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Refugees, Muslims Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Political discourse -parties - orgs Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Public Discourse, Political Discourse, Printed Publication
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Spanish
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 1
Extremist/Organised Group Violence Yes

A  court has absolved the leader of the xenophobic political party  -Platform for Catalonia  (PXC), Josep Anglada,  but imposed a year and a  half in prison for a councilor of his political party in Vic (Barcelona) for a xenophobic  pamphlet. This is the first sentence of Spain to a politician for a crime of incitement to racial hate.

The PXC pamphlet called Vic's neighbors not to vote for PP, PSC and CiU, ensuring that they give preferential treatment to immigrants and provide them with "legalization for all," and included derogatory comments about North Africans.

The judge believes his statement that the pamphlet contains a speech which fits perfectly with the crime of incitement to racial hate, according to the doctrine of the European Court of Human Rightsand argues that the conduct "derogatory or demeaning" about certain people can not find protection in the right to freedom of expression.

Source: http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1005452