Political Persecution in Europe
Causing a Danger of Political Persecution Through Use of Force, Threats or Deception in Germany
Provisions relating to causing a danger of political persecution through use of force, threats or deception in the German Criminal Code [1]: This criminal issue is covered by Chapter Eighteen, under the heading “Offences Against Personal Freedom,” located in Section 234a Causing a danger of political persecution through use of force, threats or deception, which reads: (1) Whosoever by deception, threat or force transports another into a territory outside the Federal Republic of Germany or causes him to go abroad, or prevents him from returning from abroad and thereby exposes him to the danger of being persecuted for political reasons and, in violation of the principles of the rule of law, of suffering harm to life and limb through violence or arbitrary measures, of being deprived of his freedom or of being seriously prejudiced in his professional or financial circumstances shall be liable to imprisonment of not less than one year. (2) In less serious cases the penalty shall be imprisonment from three months to five years. (3) Whosoever prepares the commission of such an offence shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine.
Causing the Danger of Political Persecution by Informing Onperson in Germany
Provisions relating to causing the danger of political persecution by informing onperson in the German Criminal Code [1]: This criminal issue is covered by Chapter Eighteen, under the heading “Offences Against Personal Freedom,” located in Section 241a Causing the danger of political persecution by informing on a person, which reads: (1) Whosoever through a criminal complaint or by informing on a person exposes him to the danger of being persecuted for political reasons and, in violation of the principles of the rule of law, to suffering harm to life and limb through violence or arbitrary measures, to be deprived of his freedom or to be seriously prejudiced in his professional or financial circumstances shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than five years or a fine. (2) Whosoever provides information about another or transmits such information and thereby exposes him to the danger of political persecution indicated in subsection (1) above shall incur the same penalty. (3) The attempt shall be punishable. (4) If an untrue assertion is made in the complaint, when informing on the person or in the information against another or if the offence is committed with the intent of procuring the results indicated in subsection (1) above or if the case is otherwise especially serious the penalty shall be imprisonment from one to ten years.
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- The content of the translated German penal code in relation to causing the danger of political persecution by informing onperson is current as of 2010
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- The content of the translated German penal code in relation to causing a danger of political persecution through use of force, threats or deception is current as of 2010