「ユダヤ人お断り」は差別、支配人に罰金 スイスのスキーリゾート

【スイスＡＦＰ＝時事】スイスのスキーリゾート、ダボスにあるレストランの支配人が、ユダヤ人へのウインタースポーツ用品の貸し出しを拒否したとして罰金を科された。検察が７月３１日、明らかにした。（写真は、スイスのスキーリゾート、ダボス）
　南東部グラウビュンデン州の検察は「人種、民族、宗教を理由にサービスの提供を拒否する差別」により、支配人に一部の執行猶予付きの罰金刑が科されたとＡＦＰに明らかにした。
　スイス紙「２０ Ｍｉｎｕｔｅｎ」は２月、世界経済フォーラムの開催地として知られるダボスにある、豪華なピシャ駅に掲示された看板の写真を掲載。
　そこにはヘブライ語で、そりの盗難などさまざまなトラブルがあったため、「今後、ユダヤ人へのスポーツ用品の貸し出しは行わない」と書かれていた。この方針はそり、エアボード、スノーシューなどすべてのウインタースポーツ用品に当てはまるとして「ご理解のほどよろしくお願いします」と締めくくられていた。
　レストランは同紙の取材に書面で回答し、「ユダヤ人の客がそりを斜面に置きっぱなしにしたり、用具を返却しなかったり、壊れた状態で返却したりする毎日の煩わしさから解放されたい」と説明した。
　スイスメディアが騒ぎ立てたのを受け、支配人は謝罪した上で方針を撤回した。
　罰金額は公表されていない。支配人は不服を申し立てなかったため、裁判には至らなかった。
　現地紙ダボス新聞によると、ダボスでは正統派ユダヤ人の素行に対する批判が高まっている。昨夏は３０００～４０００人の正統派ユダヤ人が同地で休暇を過ごしたという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/08/01-22:00）

A restaurant manager in the Swiss ski resort of Davos has been fined for refusing to rent winter sports equipment to Jews, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The manager was sentenced to a fine and a suspended fine for discrimination by refusing to provide services on the grounds of race, ethnicity or religion, the office of the southeastern Graubunden canton's public prosecutor told AFP.
In February, the 20minuten newspaper published a picture of a sign put up at the plush Pischa station above Davos, the resort known for hosting the annual World Economic Forum of the globe's business and political elites.
The sign, in Hebrew, said that due to various incidents, including the theft of a sled, we no longer rent sports equipment to our Jewish brothers.
The policy applied to all winter sports equipment including sleds, airboards and snowshoes, it said, ending with thank you for your understanding.
20minuten said the restaurant had told the paper in a written statement that they no longer want the daily hassle of Jewish guests leaving sledges on the slopes, or equipment not being returned or returned defective.
Following a media storm in Switzerland, the restaurant manager apologised and reversed the decision.
The size of the fine was not announced, and as the man in question did not appeal, the case did not go to court.
The penal order is final. We will not provide any further details on the sanction, the prosecutor's office said.
The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities filed the legal complaint.
We are pleased that the public prosecutor's office acted quickly and consistently, its general secretary Jonathan Kreutner told AFP.
The Zurich-based Foundation against Racism and Anti-Semitism (GRA) told AFP the sentence was significant, because Swiss courts apply the anti-racism penal provision very cautiously, making such rulings rare.
While the law helps to sanction discriminatory incidents, it does not eliminate anti-Semitic stereotypes which are spread in the general population. Ultimately, anti-Semitism must be countered through civil courage and empathy within society.
The GRA had noted back in February that the Pischa incident was not the first time tensions had arisen in Davos between locals and tourists, some of whom are Orthodox Jews.
The Davoser Zeitung newspaper reported in August last year that 3,000 to 4,000 Orthodox Jewish people took holidays in the resort in summer 2023, noting that there was increasing criticism of the behaviour of these tourists.