Czech police starts investigating new far-right election posters

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1. (Source in Czech)
   Translated by Google Translate:

   The Prague police began to deal with new-election posters of the SPD party. They are checking whether it is incitement to hatred against a group of people. The poster shows an alleged African migrant in a bloody shirt with a knife in his hand.

   We have initiated criminal proceedings, Prague police spokesman Jan Daněk confirmed to Novinky.cz on Monday, adding that this was done on the instructions of the public prosecutor.

   The “allegory” with the “African surgeon”, as the spokeswoman of the SPD described the visual some time ago, became the target of three criminal reports.

   According to the spokesman, the police are investigating possible incitement to hatred against a group of people or to restrict their rights and freedoms, which in the case of a conviction is subject to a sentence of six months to three years.

   The SPD intends to run with Trikolora and PRO in the upcoming regional elections.

   Attorney Pavla Krejčí also initiated a judicial review of this campaign through requests to protect the democracy of elections. According to her, complaints were filed through volunteers in all regions.

   “In the complaints, we object to the unconstitutionality of the election regulations due to the lack of so-called pre-election judicial protection. At the same time, however, we conclude that regional courts can provide this protection if the right to such judicial protection can be derived from the Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms,” she explained.

   “Courts are gradually starting to react. Constitutional complaints have already been filed for four regions, namely the Central Bohemian, South Moravian, Liberec and Zlín regions,” said the lawyer.

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2. They’re gonna scream censorship and that Rakušan (minister of interior) is targeting them

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4. It’s funny that their party leader decided to use a Black guy with a knife and not a Yakuza with a katana.

5. Whaddya know – our own conservatives are also busy fear-mongering with black migrants. They’re taking photos of such people literally just sitting or walking in groups and then posting the photos with captions of how they are being “invaded”. It’s inciting panic and racism.

6. Those posters are vile and disgusting, just playing on fear to get votes.

7. Imma say it again. I. Hate. AI. Content.

8. AI should be forbidden in political contexts. Cowards!

9. Damn, Hitler would be proud.

10. They didn’t even put an ounce of effort to make a decent propaganda lmao

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