Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic (1999, into force 2000) (excerpts related to Anti-Discrimination) (English)
SECTION XI
CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER
CHAPTER 31
CRIMES AGAINST BASES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER AND SAFETY OF THE STATE
Article 283. Excitation of national, racial or religious hostility
283.1. The actions directed on excitation of national, racial or religious hostility, humiliation of national advantage, as well as actions directed on restriction of citizens rights, or establishment of the superiority of citizens on the basis of their national or racial belonging, creeds committed publicly or with use of mass media –
is punished by the penalty at a rate from one up to two thousand of nominal financial unit, or restriction of freedom for the term up to three years, or imprisonment for the term from two up to four years.
283.2. The same acts committed:
283.2.1. with application of violence or with threat of its application;
283.2.2. by person with use of the service position;
283.2.3. by organized group –
is punished by imprisonment for the term from three up to five years.
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