Verdict: Zwanziger may call Qatar “cancer” – kicker

 
 
 
 

The former DFB president Dr Theo Zwanziger has won a victory in the dispute with the Qatar Football Assosciation (QFA). As the 6th Civil Chamber of the Landgericht Dusseldorf said on Tuesday the injunction of the Qatar Football Association was rejected. The designation of Qatar as “cancer of world football” is covered by the right to freedom of expression.

“I have always clearly said that Qatar a cancer of world football’s” had Zwanziger in an interview with the Hessian Radio on 2 June 2015 said. By contrast, the QFA sought the omission.

The Düsseldorf Regional Court now declared that it was “a cancer” Although an offense within the meaning of the Penal Code handle with the name chosen by Zwanziger, these but through the constitutionally protected freedom of expression is justified. This view had the court in early February in his “preliminary assessment” already indicated .

Zwanziger had made the statement to a” 2022 to stimulate public debate on the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar and to criticize the award decision “and not, as of the QFA shown to divert attention from its own wrongdoing. The Court held: “The comparison of the applicant with a cancer on climb (yet) the limit of necessity, appropriateness and was defamatory, it did not have the public defamation of the Qatar Football Association, but the legality and review of the award decision for the World Cup. 2022 stood in Qatar in the foreground. “

the QFA may appeal against the judgment before the court of appeal.

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