Al-Jaberi speaks during a demonstration at the Museumplein. The action group Fuck Racism – Fuck the King protested against the possible persecution of activist Abulkasim Al-Jaberi
The activist Abulkasim Al-Jaberi does not definitively justify the criminal court because he has called a demonstration last year,” Fuck the king, fuck the queen, fuck the royal family! “After new” thorough review “of his case to the public prosecutor in Amsterdam has decided to close the criminal case against him.
The statements are not punishable according to the public as done” within the context of the public debate ” . Al-Jaberi was initially summoned to appear this week before the police because he had refused to pay a punishment of 500 euros. He was, according to the prosecution punishable for committing treason on an anti-buck demonstration during a Sinterklaas celebration in Amsterdam on 16 November last year.
The disclosure of the prosecution led earlier this month to much ado it OM decided to reconsider the issue. Within the OM was criticized Amsterdam prosecution decision. The past three weeks have justice examined the written objections that the lawyer of the accused, Willem Jebbink had filed against the prosecution.
According Jebbink can ‘Fuck the king “not be regarded as offensive because it is an opinion which means away with the royal institute. On the internet that term is frequently used and there has never prosecuted anyone for said Jebbink. The term is furthermore according to the counsel within the freedom of expression. The lawyer had indicated that if the case would serve for the criminal courts, ten people he wanted as a witness calls. Among them were King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima. The lawyer wanted to ask them if they “feel in their honor and reputation affected ‘by Al-Jaberi.
The prosecution says now that they have done the statements that” the defendant and his counsel about the context connectedness his observations on the royal “not” can neither confirm nor refute. The prosecution is therefore assumed that the statements were made in the context of the public debate and decided to dismiss the case “
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