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Hate Speech
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Ed Folsom Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
Why are certain Portlanders trying to silence evangelicals? Because hate has a home there.
By Ed Folsom
Posted by Ed Folsom, March 21, 2026. Why are certain Portlanders trying to silence evangelicals? Because hate has a home there. (Photo from Portland Press Herald) According to the top…
Law and Other Things
The Karnataka Hate Speech Bill: Noble Objective Pursued Rashly
This piece is a critical examination of the Karnataka Hate Speech Bill and its constitutional implications on free speech and personal liberty. The piece argues that vague definitions and expanded…
Religion Clause
Canadian Province Awards $750,000 In Damages to LGBTQ Teachers For Trustee’s Hate Speech
In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the province's Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Board of Education trustee to pay damages of $750,000 (Canadian) to compensate LGBTQ teachers in…
India Legal
Supreme Court: No community can be targeted through speech or art
The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed that neither private individuals nor public officials can use speeches, artistic works, films, cartoons or other forms of expression to demean or stigmatise…
Law and Religion Australia
New federal hate speech laws- impact on religious freedom?
By Neilfoster
After the dreadful terrorist incident at Bondi on December 14 2025, where 15 folk from the Jewish community were murdered, the Federal government has introduced new “hate speech” laws at…
Inforrm's Blog
Australia: With its new laws, the government is tackling hate speech quickly, but not properly – Keiran Hardy
By INFORRM
On Tuesday, in response to the Bondi terrorist attack and mounting pressure to take strong action, the Albanese government released draft legislation to counter hate crime and strengthen firearm controls.…
UK Human Rights Blog
The normalisation of hate: a precautionary lecture
In his recent Substack post, Joshua Rozenberg has drawn attention to a recent speech delivered by Jonathan Hall KC to the think tank Policy Exchange called The Lessons of Bondi Beach:…
Verfassungsblog
Antisemitism on Trial
Antisemitic incidents in Germany have risen sharply since October 7, 2023, intensifying pressure on courts, public authorities, employers, and universities to determine where democratic contestation ends and unlawful discrimination begins.…
A Lawyer Writes
Slogans mean arrests
Protestors who target Jews in London or Manchester by displaying or chanting slogans such as “globalise the intifada” can expect to be arrested in future, the cities’ police chiefs said…
Slaw
The Conundrum of the Religious Defence to Hate Expression
INTRODUCTION The relationship between “hate expression” and religion and religious belief in Canada has always been a tangled one: the source of hatred can be grounded in religious belief and…