Far-right MP was not found guilty for publishing anti-Semitic Facebook post

The Supreme Court rejected the prosecutor's appeal. The decision is final.

ĽSNS MP Stanislav Mizík. ĽSNS MP Stanislav Mizík. (Source: Sme/Gabriel Kuchta)

Stanislav Mizík, MP of the far-right People's Party – Our Slovakia (ĽSNS), has been found not guilty for posting an anti-Semitic status on Facebook back in January 2017, the Sme daily reported.

The Supreme Court thus dismissed an appeal submitted by the prosecutor in July 2018, when the Specialised Criminal Court (ŠTS) in Pezinok acquitted Mizik of the charges.

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The prosecutor's office accused the MP of the preparation and sharing of extremist content and of defamation of nation and race.

However, the Supreme Court said it cannot be proven that the Facebook post in question was published by Mizík, Sme wrote.

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