Police recommend one person be charged in hate speech case

The police have recommended that a case against a single suspect, whose identity has not been confirmed, go to trial for the alleged promotion of a movement leading to the suppression of rights and freedoms of others, public broadcaster Czech TV reported on Monday citing a member of the country’s anti-organised crime unit. The person in question, earlier reports suggest, is a former head of the Prague Muslim community. The man is suspected of having had a role in the publication of a radical book by controversial Islamic preacher Bilal Philips. The daily Právo reported earlier this year that the police had expert evidence the publication contained hate speech. It has been banned in some countries.

Author: Jan Velinger