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Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’
Mark McLaughlin
Wednesday October 28 2020, 12.01am GMT, The Times
Humza Yousaf said journalists and theatre directors should face the courts if their work is deemed to deliberately stoke up prejudice
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Conversations over the dinner table that incite hatred must be prosecuted under Scotland’s hate crime law, the justice secretary has said.
Journalists and theatre directors should also face the courts if their work is deemed to deliberately stoke up prejudice, Humza Yousaf said.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill has been condemned by critics including the Scottish Catholic Church, police representatives, academics and artists. It will introduce an offence of stirring-up of hatred against people with protected characteristics, including disability, sexual orientation and age.
The bill is loosely based on the Public Order Act 1986, which outlaws threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour but includes a “dwelling defence” that states the threatening language cannot be prosecuted if it is spoken in a [Times link]
Did you not think this was worthy of note, RJ?