Parliamentary committee to review Okamura’s prosecution request

The Czech parliamentary immunity committee will decide whether to recommend lifting opposition SPD Party leader Tomio Okamura’s immunity for prosecution over alleged incitement to hatred. The case stems from SPD’s controversial election billboards, including one featuring a dark-skinned man with a bloody knife, criticized as racist fearmongering. Okamura defends the campaign as allegorical and accuses the government of suppressing opposition. He declined to address the committee. Courts previously dismissed legal attempts to ban SPD’s campaign materials. The final decision on Okamura’s prosecution will rest with the full Chamber of Deputies.