BEHEMOTH Wins A Final Victory Against Polish Government In Coat Of Arms Case

Manner again in 2017, Behemoth frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski, band merch designer Rafal Wechterowicz, and Behemoth webmaster Maciej G. have been charged by the Polish authorities for insulting the Polish coat of arms on a band t-shirt. The case has since been struck down twice, with a 3rd now surfacing this week.

Darski revealed the victory on Instagram, partially crediting his Ordo Blasfemia group which raised funds to assist battle the lawsuit.

“ANOTHER VICTORY FOR ORDO BLASFEMIA!” wrote Darski. “Because of your immense help and donations, we have now as soon as once more overcome these superstitious bullies! After 8 years of NONSENSE, The Regional Prosecutor’s Workplace of Gdansk has withdrawn its prosecution/persecution of Behemoth for allegedly insulting the Polish emblem.

“We love and honour our lovely nation in Poland and we’re disgusted by the declare put ahead purely out of Christian spite. With that stated, we’re very proud to announce the Emblem design will probably be making its return to the Behemoth Webstore completely, as soon as all proceedings have concluded.

“As soon as once more, THANK YOU in your timeless help! Hail Devil. Hail Freedom.”

The Polish authorities has additionally issued their ruling on their website, which has since been obtained and translated by The PRP. Lengthy story brief, the ruling on July 26 states that Behemoth didn’t use the Polish coat of arms and therefor can’t be sued for it.

“Article 28, part 1 of the Structure of the Republic of Poland states that the symbol of the Republic of Poland is the picture of a white eagle with a crown in a purple discipline . The above provision is additional specified within the Act of 31 January 1980 in Article 2, part 1, the place it’s said that the symbol of the Republic of Poland is ‘the picture of a white eagle with a golden crown on its head turned to the correct, with unfold wings, a golden beak and talons, positioned in a purple discipline of the protect’. Referring the above, very exact definition of the symbol to the disputed graphic, the Prosecutor discovered that the disputed graphic is an inventive creation, however is just not the symbol of the Republic of Poland.

“Thus, on this case, there is no such thing as a material that could possibly be affected by the accused’s alleged causative act. In different phrases, the accused couldn’t have insulted the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland, as a result of the graphic in query was not the coat of arms. It also needs to be emphasised that the evaluation of the artistic means of the disputed creative set up has proven past any doubt that the mentioned product was not created because of remodeling the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland, and at most refers back to the coat of arms.”