Court decides that a doctor will receive €20,000 and apology for hate video directed at him

The far-right MP Milan Mazurek, currently affiliated with the non-parliamentary Republic party, will need to pay €20,000 in non-material damages to infectologist Peter Sabaka over a video posted on a social network, in which Mazurek accused doctors of segregating the unvaccinated and stirring up hatred against them. The decision of the Kezmarok District Court is not yet final and can be appealed against. Aside from the fine, the MP must delete the video and post his apology on the social network.      In response, Mazurek called the court verdict unprecedented, insane, and announced that he would file a criminal lawsuit against the judge for bending the law. In November, Doctor Peter Sabaka, who works with COVID-19 patients in Bratislava’s Kramare hospital, sued Republic chair Milan Uhrik and Milan Mazurek over the deliberate dissemination of lies about him on social media.