Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:39:27 +0200https://english.radio.cz/extremist-lawyer-claims-judicial-expert-biased-because-jewish-background-8557520© 2026 Radio Prague International Michal Mazel, a highly-respected judicial expert on extremism in the Czech Republic (whose testimony was crucial in such cases as the Vítkov arson attack and the dissolution of the rightwing Workers’ Party), has resigned after an objection was filed against his assessment in a current case. Lawyer Petr Kočí filed the objection on behalf of his client, a member of the extremist Workers’ Party for Social Justice, charged with inciting ethnic hatred, that Mr Mazel is biased because of his Jewish background. For the judicial expert the objection was the last straw; the move also shocked others, fuelling calls for the lawyer to be disbarred. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mazel_michal.jpg?timestamp=1591219114 https://english.radio.cz/extremist-lawyer-claims-judicial-expert-biased-because-jewish-background-8557520 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9