A speaker who described the singer Xavier Naidoo as an anti-Semite in 2017 was wrongly banned from making these statements.
Karlsruhe – The pop singer Xavier Naidoo can now be called an anti-Semite in a dispute over his lyrics. With a decision published on Wednesday, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe overturned the conviction for omission by the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Nuremberg. The OLG did not take sufficient account of the importance and scope of freedom of expression. (Az: 1 BvR 11/20)
As part of a specialist lecture, a speaker from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation Naidoo gave a lecture on the subject of “Reich Citizens” in July 2017 and was then asked how she classify the controversial singer. She had replied: “He’s an anti-Semite, I think I’m allowed to say that, but not so openly because he likes to sue. But that is structurally verifiable. ”The occasion was, among other things, various song texts and utterances by Naidoo.
Xavier Naidoo was allowed to be called an anti-Semite – the Federal Constitutional Court cancels the ruling
The Regional Court of Regensburg and the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg had forbidden the woman to make the assertion. * The statements impair Naidoo’s personal dignity and would have a pillory effect. In addition, the objective correctness of the statement is not sufficiently proven.
According to the Karlsruhe decision, these judgments are flawed in several respects. Naidoo had “voluntarily entered public space with his controversial political views” and claimed “appropriate public attention for himself”. For this reason, giving him “special protection would mean making it impossible to criticize the political views he has spread,” write the constitutional judges.
In addition, the woman said unequivocally in the context that she saw Naidoo “with one leg with the citizens of the Reich”. This could not be misunderstood to the effect that he violated the dignity of Jewish people through National Socialist ideas. The district court now has to deal with the case again and heed the assessments from Karlsruhe.
Xavier Naidoo keeps making headlines
Xavier Naidoo has been making headlines for years. He appeared at a right-wing populist rally in front of the Reichstag in Berlin * and questioned whether Germany had a valid constitution. Later he released the song “Marionetten” with his band. The criticism was not long in coming: Naidoo’s song undoubtedly shows its closeness to conspiracy theories and the “Reich Citizens Movement” *.
He was later kicked out of the DSDS jury after a video by Xavier Naidoo rekindled accusations of racism * against him. Even during the corona pandemic, he stood out as an oath and spoke of a “planemy” of a supposed German dictatorship. (red / afp / dpa) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
