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Appeals Court Acquits SPD in Election Poster Case
Translated from Czech and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Prague’s Municipal Court overturned a previous ruling and acquitted the Czech political movement SPD in a case involving its election posters.
- The court found that the posters did not constitute incitement to hatred or another criminal offense.
- The original ruling had imposed a 3 million Czech koruna fine on the movement.
The Czech political movement SPD has been definitively cleared in a criminal case over its pre-election posters after an appeals court overturned a ruling that imposed a 3 million Czech koruna fine.
The Prague Municipal Court ruled that the posters did not amount to incitement to hatred or any other criminal offense. The decision followed an appeal by SPD and brings the case to a final conclusion.
The earlier judgment had ordered the movement to pay 3 million Czech koruna. The appeals court’s decision removes that penalty and rejects the finding that the campaign material crossed a criminal threshold.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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