Thursday, November 9, 2017

Venezuela to Punish Instigation of Hate by Up To 20 Years in Prison


Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) passed on Wednesday a law that makes the spreading of messages instigating hatred toward people or groups due to their race, class or political ideology punishable by up to 20 years behind bars. Any media outlet found to be promoting these types of crimes will have their licenses revoked, the law states. “Whosoever may publicly ... incite hatred, discrimination or violence against a person or group of people based on their actual or presumed membership in a particular social, ethnic, religious, political group ... shall be liable to 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment,” Article 20 of the “Anti-Hate Law” states. More…

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