Is the Obama Administration Supporting Calls to Outlaw Supposed Hate Speech?

by Eugene Volokh
The Volokh Conspiracy
October 1, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/481/is-the-obama-administration-supporting-calls-to

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That's what it looks like, with this Joint U.S./Egypt draft U.N. Human Rights Council resolution (dated Sept. 2005). The resolution generally seems to be an attempt to urge more protection for free speech throughout the world, and some praise it for that; moreover, it lacks the exception for "defamation of religion" that some Muslim countries have urged. It may therefore be a step forward for Egypt, and an attempt to urge a step forward for some other countries.

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