8th Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation approved the imprisonment sentence issued against writer Sevan Nişanyan due to “public denigration of religious values adopted by a part of the society” through the article he wrote and published on his blog in 2012 with the title, “One must fight hate crimes.” The High Court found the “possibility” sufficient for the criterion, “disruption of public peace” predicted by the law for penalisation; saying, “There doesn’t have to be an open and competent danger.” One member judge put an annotation on the decree, pointing out that considering the discussion on a topic through online media sufficient for the criterion of “disruption of peace” will criminalise every debate that informs and progresses the society.
21.01.2020
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