Man Fined for Harassing Malmö Journalist After Gaza Article

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Man Fined for Harassing Malmö Journalist After Gaza Article
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A man is sentenced to day fines for harassment against a reporter at the newspaper Sydsvenskan.

A July day last year he stood together with other people outside the journalist's residence in Malmö and shouted through a megaphone. He accused her of writing fascist articles and supporting a genocide.

It happened the day after the newspaper published an article where slogans presented in demonstrations against Israel's warfare in Gaza were examined.

In the article, it was described how different messages were presented in different languages during the demonstrations. In chants in Arabic, the terrorist group Hamas was praised, while the messages in Swedish and English dealt with children being killed and demands for a ceasefire, according to the examination.

When determining the sentence, 90 day fines at 100 kronor, the court takes into account that "the harassment was directed at a journalist in her professional practice, and in extension at influencing the general opinion formation".

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