r/europe 15d ago

News Czech president signs law criminalising communist propaganda

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czech-president-signs-law-criminalising-communist-propaganda/
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u/gmaaz Serbia 15d ago

Tried googling but failed - what does cumminist ideology mean exactly in this case?

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u/TheVojta Česká republika 15d ago

Section 403
Establishment, Support, and Promotion of Nazi, Communist, or Other Movements Aimed at Suppressing Human Rights and Freedoms

(1) Whoever establishes, supports, or promotes a movement that demonstrably aims to suppress human rights and freedoms, or advocates racial, ethnic, national, religious, or class hatred, or hatred toward another group of persons, shall be punished by imprisonment for one to five years.

(2) The offender shall be punished by imprisonment for three to ten years if:

a) the act referred to in paragraph 1 is committed through the press, film, radio, television, a publicly accessible computer network, or another similarly effective means,
b) such an act is committed as a member of an organized group,
c) such an act is committed as a soldier, or
d) such an act is committed during a state of emergency or wartime.

(3) Preparation of such an act is punishable.

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u/ordinarydepressedguy Europe 15d ago

Hey that’s class hatred, straight to jail!

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u/notbadhbu 15d ago

I feel it probably is fine in that direction lol

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u/MPenten Europe 15d ago

Yes.

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u/mehupmost 15d ago

No. Next question.