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Section 10 - Ethnic agitation (511/2011)
A person who makes available to the public or otherwise spreads among the public or keeps available for the public information, an expression of opinion or another message where a certain group is threatened, defamed or insulted on the
basis of its race, skin colour, birth status, national or ethnic origin, religion or
belief, sexual orientation or disability or a comparable basis, shall be sentenced
for ethnic agitation to a fine or to imprisonment for at most two years.
Section 10(a) – Aggravated ethnic agitation (511/2011)
If the ethnic agitation involves incitement or enticement
(1) to genocide or the preparation of genocide, a crime against humanity, an
aggravated crime against humanity, a war crime, an aggravated war
crime, murder, or manslaughter committed for terrorist intent, or
(2) to serious violence other than what is referred to in paragraph 1 so that
the act clearly endangers public order and safety,
and the ethnic agitation also when assessed as a whole is aggravated, the offender shall be sentenced for aggravated ethnic agitation to imprisonment for at least
four months and at most four years.
Section 11 – Discrimination (885/2009)
A person who in his or her trade or profession, service of the general public, exercise of official authority or other public function or in the arrangement of a public
amusement or meeting, without a justified reason
(1) refuses someone service in accordance with the generally applicable
conditions;
(2) refuses someone entry to the amusement or meeting or ejects him or
her; or
(3) places someone in a clearly unequal or otherwise essentially inferior position
owing to his or her race, national or ethnic origin, skin colour, language, sex, age,
family ties, sexual preference, inheritance, disability or state of health, or religion,
political orientation, political or industrial activity or another comparable circumstance shall be sentenced, unless the act is punishable as work discrimination or
extortionate work discrimination, for discrimination to a fine or to imprisonment
for at most six months.
Section 12 - Responsibility of the superior (212/2008)
A military or other superior shall be sentenced for the offence or the attempt of an
offence referred to in section 1, 3 through 7 or 13 in the same way as the offender
or participant if forces or subordinates that are factually under the command and
supervision of the superior have been guilty of an act as a consequence of the