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Scots QC: ‘Hate crime Bill could criminalise comedy’

Scots QC: ‘Hate crime Bill could criminalise comedy’

A leading Scottish lawyer has warned that the Government’s controversial hate crime legislation could criminalise comedy.

13 Jul 2020
Scotland

NI hate crime review delayed

NI hate crime review delayed

New hate crime legislation is unlikely to be brought to Stormont for at least two more years, Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister has announced.

10 Jul 2020
Northern Ireland

Top human rights QC blasts NI hate crime proposals

Top human rights QC blasts NI hate crime proposals

9 Jul 2020
Northern Ireland

JK Rowling, Margaret Atwood among 150 writers who want to be free to disagree

JK Rowling, Margaret Atwood among 150 writers who want to be free to disagree

9 Jul 2020
UK

Award-winning authors urge Booker Prize to reinstate Peer following trans row

Award-winning authors urge Booker Prize to reinstate Peer following trans row

8 Jul 2020
England & Wales

Author sacked for supporting JK Rowling trans comments

8 Jul 2020
Scotland

Scot hate crime Bill a ‘severe threat to free speech’

Scot hate crime Bill a ‘severe threat to free speech’

7 Jul 2020
Scotland

Justice Minister apologises for misrepresenting Scots hate crime Bill

Justice Minister apologises for misrepresenting Scots hate crime Bill

3 Jul 2020
Scotland

Low criminal threshold in Scot hate crime Bill ‘misrepresented’ by Minister

26 Jun 2020
Scotland

Franklin Graham attacked by council over biblical views on sexuality

26 Jun 2020
England & Wales

Artist expelled from studio after being branded ‘transphobic’

12 Jun 2020
England & Wales

Harry Potter author refuses to give in to trans ‘culture of fear’

12 Jun 2020
UK

Student plans legal action against Bristol uni after bullying from trans activists

3 Jun 2020
England & Wales

Scot hate crime Bill a ‘golden opportunity’ for activists to shut down debate

1 Jun 2020
Scotland