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What would be the elements of the hate crime in the coconut placard case?
The facts as reported are:
On November 11, 37-year-old teacher Marieha Hussain joined thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in London to call for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.
During the rally, she ...
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Are the any limits on what historical terrorist acts can result in criminal charges if glorified?
Jonathan Hall KC, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has acknowledged that historical events such as apartheid actions of Nelson Mandela and the revolutionary battles of ...
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What features of speech make it incitement?
It is in the news that the UK home secretary Suella Braverman and the Home Office Minister Robert Jenrick consider chanting "Jihad" to be inciting terrorist violence.
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Can harassment alarm or distress that arises simply by virtue of the content of the views expressed being found objectionable by another be offensive?
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a person expresses some of their views in the most unobjectionable way that they see possible,
that expression causes harassment, alarm, or distress in another, and
Some other person finds the ...
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Is police discretion subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED)?
Polly the police officer is charged with monitoring and policing a large demonstration which is evenly split between pro-X and anti-X factions. Or alternatively lets say it is dominated by ...
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Would or could it be a public order offence (racially/religiously aggravated or otherwise) to burn or mutilate a national flag or a holy scripture?
In the UK, Alice burns a Quran on a public pavement.
Bob tears up an Irish flag.
Do either of these commit public order offences?
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What law makes intending to cause harassment alarm and distress an offence in the UK?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-62793135
I know that s5 makes conduct “likely to cause” … harassment alarm or distress a crime on a strict liability basis. But what provision makes ...
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Did the Manchester consulate Hong Kong independence protestors commit a public order offence?
Protestors recently gathered outside the PRC consulate in Manchester raising a photoshopped portrait of President xi in a noose.
Would this have been tolerated had it been king Charles outside of ...
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Would a politically vegan establishment denying entry to one donning pro-carnivore slogans be pursuing proportional means to a legitimate aim?
Would the desire to maintain a vegan "safe space" be enough to deny one who ardently believes in the medical importance of eating animal flesh entry to their establishment?
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Consistency and coherence across statutes - Are the allowances of s29J completely negated by the offence of religiously aggravated harassment?
Crime and disorder act 1988 s32 introduces religiously aggravated harassment which effectively extends S2 and S4 of protection from harassment act.
This seems to completely nullify the protections of ...
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What is a section 29J defence to stirring religious hatred?
For religious hated but not racial hatred there is a section 29J defence contained in the public order act 1986 as amended. What is this about and when does it apply?
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/...
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What are the differences between the respective legal standings of anti Semitic and anti Jewish expressions?
I have heard people be accused in the past of "promoting/spreading religious hatred" before, as though these are legal terms. Are these phrases legally defined?
Onto the titular part of the ...
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If someone is busking on a corner and a drug crazed preacher comes along ranting about gospel in slurred speech is there any offence?
Suppose the preacher cones along and asks the busker how long they'll be there for to which he replies 6pm, when the preacher then says that he'll also leave at six but then goes up to the next ...
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What constitutes publishing offensive material?
Recently an article was published in my local newspaper (Bedford, UK) saying a man had been charged with publishing offensive material. A quick Google search suggested that the definition for this is "...
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