{"id":46354,"date":"2024-04-16T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=46354"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T09:57:18","slug":"scottish-parliament-to-vote-on-repealing-notorious-censorship-law-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/scotland-hate-speech-vote","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Parliament to vote on repealing notorious censorship law, WEDNESDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46354\" class=\"elementor elementor-46354\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12454fa5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12454fa5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa16d95\" data-id=\"3fa16d95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a1c3d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a1c3d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><b>Politicians table motion to repeal the law which could imprison citizens for comments deemed \u201chateful\u201d, even at family dinner table<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><b>&#8220;Hate Crime and Public Order Act&#8221; enforced 1st April; JK Rowling reported to police for gender-critical posts on \u201cX\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ada40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69ada40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-1024x695.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-46360\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bigstock-Businessman-Or-Politician-Maki-177611194-2048x1391.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128f3b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"128f3b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EDINBURGH (16<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> April 2024) &#8211; <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scottish politicians have tabled a motion to repeal Scotland\u2019s notorious hate speech law on Wednesday 17<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> April.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The law criminalises any language deemed to \u201cstir up hatred\u201d on grounds of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or variations in sex characteristics, with a potential penalty of up to seven years\u2019 imprisonment.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Free speech advocates have raised concerns about the significant potential for the law to be abused by authorities to police opinion. The law extends even to conversations which take place within family homes.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scottish police received more than 7,000 online reports of \u201chate crimes\u201d in the first week after the law came into effect on 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> April. JK Rowling was the subject of various complaints under the new law for her tweets about the biological reality of women, though police ultimately decided not to bring charges this time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The excessive strain placed on resources is exacerbated by the police\u2019s commitment to investigate every single reported incident of \u201chate\u201d under the new law, despite recently announcing that they will no longer investigate 24,000 low level crimes, including some examples of theft.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:300,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The following statement may be attributed to Lois McLatchie Miller, Scottish Spokesperson and Senior Legal Communications Officer for ADF UK:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that the \u201chate speech ban\u201d is completely unworkable according to democratic principles and must be repealed. Scotland was once the home of the Enlightenment, but these are dark days indeed for anyone wishing to challenge the dominant orthodoxies of our day \u2013 either through edgy comedy, religious conviction, or upholding truth on biological facts.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567ac623 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"567ac623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cNobody should be criminalised for speaking peacefully about their beliefs. <\/span>Scottish politicians of every party should unite against this new form of \u201cblasphemy ban\u201d and vote in favour of repealing the law.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Lois McLatchie Miller, Senior Legal Communications Officer<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701e4e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"701e4e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cNobody likes to be hated. Very few people like to \u201cbe hateful\u201d. But ambiguous language banning \u201cstirring up hate\u201d leaves the law wide open to abuse, with authorities able to label and criminalise speech that they simply don\u2019t like. This is out of step with international law \u2013 the European Court of Human Rights has robustly defended speech that \u201coffends, shocks and disturbs\u201d.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe know how this story ends. Around the world, where \u201chate speech\u201d bans have been enforced, innocent people have been dragged through courts simply for peacefully voicing their beliefs. In Finland, ADF International supported the defence of a\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">long<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-serving politician and grandmother subject to a criminal trial for a Bible verse tweet. In Mexico, we are seeking justice for two politicians who were convicted of various forms of \u201cviolence\u201d simply for upholding the truth about biological reality on \u201cX\u201d. Nobody should be criminalised for speaking peacefully about their beliefs. Scottish politicians of every party should unite against this new form of \u201cblasphemy ban\u201d and vote in favour of repealing the law. State-enforced censorship impoverishes society for everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:450,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ef1fb96 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5ef1fb96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353ab490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"353ab490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Images for free use in print or online in relation to this story only<\/p><p>PICTURED: Lois McLatchie Miller<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12a71d05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"12a71d05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;1:1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:4,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Lois-McLatchie-1.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"12a71d05\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Lois McLatchie\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDM4NzIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9hZGZpbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLm9yZ1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDNcL0xvaXMtTWNMYXRjaGllLTEud2VicCIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjEyYTcxZDA1In0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Lois-McLatchie-1.webp\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"900\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motion tabled to repeal the law which would punish citizens for comments deemed \u201chateful\u201d, even at family dinner table <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":46360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[899,898],"class_list":["post-46354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-speech-en-gb","tag-uk-en-gb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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