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Criminalizing intolerance
by Jonathan Turley https://www.legal-project.org/1975/criminalizing-intolerance Excerpt: This week in Washington, the United States is hosting an international conference obliquely titled "Expert Meeting on Implementing the U.N. Human Rights Resolution 16/18." The impenetrable title conceals the disturbing agenda: to establish international standards for, among other things, criminalizing "intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of … religion and belief." The unstated enemy of religion in this conference is free speech, and the Obama administration is facilitating efforts by Muslim countries to "deter" some speech in the name of human rights. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Blasphemy in the Muslim World, Geert Wilders, Hate Speech Laws, Islamist Violence or Threats of Physical Violence Against Speech, OIC & Defamation, Pressure Tactics Against Free Speech, United Nations & Other International Groups receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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