MDI Jaarverslag 2011

2011 in het kort: In its 14th year the MDI which received fewer reports than in 2010, but the number of reported incidents increased, while the number of number of utterances which was assessed as a crime decreased slightly. The largest category of discrimination in 2011 and was the biggest riser 'other origin and nationality "because of numerous reports (210) done by a single person online discrimination against Poland and other Central and East Europeans (MOE-landers). This creates a distorted picture in statistics, so the real largest category, Discrimination against Muslims, only comes in second place and anti-Semitism in the third. The MDI comprises a 2011 1039 receive notifications 1624 Unique expressions. The number of notifications was down slightly (1174 in 2010) but the number of reported incidents has risen slightly (1572 in 2010). The number of expressions which was assessed as a criminal by the MDI, has also fallen slightly; van 684 in 2010 to 651 in 2011. Striking for the reporting period 2011 is that fewer and fewer expressions of extreme right-wing websites reported. More and more online discrimination practiced by 'normal' websites, discussieforums, nieuwsforums en weblogs. There seems to be a mainstreaming'plaats discrimination and a growing acceptance of discriminatory statements. The shift under the influence of the current political situation and the social debate of opinion about what is discrimination has an impact on court rulings (o.a. in the case of Wilders) but also on what the prosecution as 'feasible' looks at possible prosecution.

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