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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