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CoE Chief: Free Speech Does Not Include "Hate Speech"
December 14, 2016
In remarks ahead of the international celebration of Human Rights Day, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland asserted that "hate speech," ranging from incitement to "hostility or discrimination" to "posting offensive comments online," is not a protected form of free speech.
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Dutch Court Convicts Politician of Public "Insult"
December 14, 2016
An article in The Economist explores whether the recent conviction of Dutch politician Geert Wilders by a court for "public insult and incitement to discrimination" in suggesting there should be fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands will, in the end, only increase the popularity of Wilders' nationalist Party for Freedom.
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MEPs Condemn "Incitement" to Fear and Hatred
December 14, 2016
In a resolution on fundamental rights in the EU, Members of the European Parliament called for national and supranational leaders to stop "inciting fear and hatred" of migrants and instead to develop "positive information campaigns" regarding migration to uphold "European values."
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IS Caribbean Presence Expands Islamist Radicalism
December 12, 2016
Security experts warn that local radicalization in the Caribbean - including the largest Islamic State (IS) recruitment hub in the Western Hemisphere, the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago - is an expanding, intrinsic dimension of the globalization of jihad activities.
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IS Supporters Celebrate Coptic Church Attack in Cairo
December 12, 2016
Islamic State (IS) supporters celebrated online in the aftermath of an attack on the Coptic Orthodox Church's main cathedral in Cairo, the latest assault in a climate of violence and impunity against the largest remaining Christian community in the Middle East.
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