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Hate crime convictions in Slovenia

by Rex Wockner

International News Briefs

Slovenia has seen its first convictions leading to imprisonment in an anti-gay hate crime case.
Three men will spend 18 months in jail for attacking the Ljubljana lesbian bar Cafe Open during a pride week event last June.
Along with several other men, they threw rocks, yelled anti-gay slurs and beat gay activist Mitja Blazic, who suffered head injuries as well as burns from the attackers' torches.
The Ljubljana District Court found the three guilty of instigating hatred, violence and intolerance on the basis of sexual orientation.
The men's lawyers said the verdict will be appealed.

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