BNS/TBT Staff
The Riga District Court today passed a sentence on a man accused of online hate speech against Muslims, sentencing him to 140 hours of community service.
The court said that the full text of the court ruling would become available on Oct. 25 and after that the defendant will have 10 days to file an appeal.
The Latvian Prosecutor General’s Office said earlier that the defendant had been charged with activities aimed at instigating religious hatred.
Namely, in September last year the defendant posted a commentary to an online a...
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