Director of Public Prosecution v. Mansour
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 55.96609822891365
Longitude: 9.452680010926537
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Denmark
- Decision Date
- Jun 22, 2015
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Remanded for Decision in Accordance with Ruling
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Sanctions (Imprisonment and/or Fine)
- Keywords
- Censorship
- Terrorism
- Judicial Body
- Appellate Court
- Court Name
- The Eastern High Court in Copenhagen
- Case Number
- Case No. S-3475-14
- Case Summary
Sam Mansour, a Danish bookseller, posted numerous Islamic radical views on his Facebook page, praising terrorism and condoning the acts of al-Qaeda and al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda’s linked-terrorist group operating in Syria and Lebanon. He also communicated his views via email and online distribution of three books. The Eastern High Court in Copenhagen found Mansour guilty of publicly condoning Islamic extremism, inciting terrorism, and expressing anti-Semitism views. The Court sentenced him to 4 years of imprisonment and ordered the revocation of his Danish citizenship upon serving his sentence, the first ever Dane to be revoked of citizenship. Global Freedom of Expression notes that some of the information contained in this case analysis was derived from secondary sources as the only available court document is currently in Danish language and that the further information has been provided by other sources.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
- Collection
- CIPIT
- Date Updated
- May 14, 2024