A man living in the Bergen region has been sentenced in the Supreme Court for having made hateful remarks against a trans person. The threats were made in several statements on Facebook. It is the first time a case of this nature has been taken up in the Supreme Court. The case has previously been in the Court of Appeal and the District Court, but went all the way to the Supreme Court. The man has been sentenced to 15 days in prison and a fine of NOK 15,000. – We are very biased with the impact of this view. This type of harassing speech goes far beyond freedom of speech. When it becomes full of hatred against trans people, it is over the limit of what is legal, and the Supreme Court has now confirmed that, states attorney Rudolf Christoffersen to news. According to the state attorney, the defense in the case believed that there had to be a higher threshold for commenting on someone’s gender and sexuality than on, for example, ethnicity and skin colour.
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Man sentenced for hate speech against a transgender person on Facebook against a transgender person – news Vestland
