MONTREAL — A Quebec man convicted of promoting hatred against Jews has been sentenced to 15 months in jail and three years of probation, in what Jewish groups are calling a major victory in the battle against antisemitism and online hate.
Gabriel Sohier Chaput represents a continued risk to society because he hasn't grasped the seriousness of his"highly reprehensible actions" or the harm they caused, Quebec court Judge Manlio Del Negro told a Montreal courtroom Friday.
Sohier Chaput was found guilty in January, after the judge ruled that a 2017 article published on the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer actively promoted hatred of Jewish people. The accused wrote more than 800 articles for the online publication named after the Nazi-era propaganda newspaper Der Sturmer.
Sohier Chaput had acted like a"hate influencer" by sharing his views with a large online audience, the judge said.Eta Yudin, vice-president of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said the decision was"huge for all Quebecers," and"proof that the justice system works." Representatives of several Jewish organizations were in the courtroom on Friday, and could be seen exchanging occasional smiles as the judge repeatedly denounced Sohier Chaput's actions and criticized the lawyers on both sides for jointly proposing a three-month sentence.
"We have someone who hasn't committed infractions for the last six years, we have someone who doesn't have a criminal record … if that's the judge's opinion, I respect it. But I have a different perspective," he said outside the courtroom.
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