17-07-2008 / Russia
Russia - Editor of antisemitic newspaper charged with incitement
Prosecutors in Rostov-na-Donu , have filed charges of illegal incitement of ethnic and religious hatred against the editor of a local newspaper.
The editor of Priazovsky Kray [color="Navy"]faces up to five years in prison if convicted of violating [color="navy"]Article 282 of the criminal code for authoring an article in the May 22, 2008 edition of the paper that demonized Chasidic Jews.
In Putin Russia, antisemitic can make people faces up to five years in prison