After misogynist statements about the Berlin SPD politician Sawsan Chebli, the 43-year-old has now won compensation for pain and suffering. The publicist Roland Tichy has to pay several thousand euros.
The Berlin Regional Court decided that Roland Tichy had to pay 10,000 euros to the SPD politician Sawsan Chebli, as Chebli’s lawyer Christian Schertz and a court spokesman unanimously told the German Press Agency on Tuesday (Az 27 O 195/21). Tichys Verlag initially did not comment on the verdict and on possible further action in response to a written dpa request.
In a column in the monthly “Tichy’s Insight”, an author wrote about Chebli’s candidacy for the Bundestag, using a sexist formulation. The article published in September 2020 caused a stir nationwide because of this choice of words. Various personalities publicly showed their solidarity with Chebli, who was State Secretary for Civic Commitment and International Affairs in the Berlin Senate Chancellery until December 2021.
The then state minister for digital in the federal government, Dorothee Bär (CSU), terminated her membership in the Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung in protest against Tichy. A little later, Tichy gave up the chairmanship of the foundation.
Chebli had already obtained a cease and desist from Tichy
Chebli had already obtained a cease and desist declaration from Tichy in earlier proceedings. “It was important to me to set an example here as well and to show that sexism should never be normal and that it does not remain without consequences,” she said of the new decision made by the dpa regional court on December 16.
Her lawyer Schertz said: “It is to be welcomed that the German judiciary is making it clear that it is not only countering brutalization, hatred and defamation with injunctive relief, but also with monetary compensation.” The court had emphasized that the statements in the contribution were a violation of human dignity and a serious violation of personal rights.
The court spokesman gave no further details. The written grounds for the judgment are not yet available. An appeal to the higher court against the judgment is possible.
Source From: Stern
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