As for the ruling coalition Amendment to the Criminal Code In this regard, the Deputy Minister of Justice from the New Left spoke in an interview with “Virtualna Polska”.
Schmishek said it was a “fairly simple legislative procedure.” – Work has started, also at my request, in the Ministry of Justice. By the end of February, the Ministry of Justice should develop and issue such regulations after inter-departmental consultations, he said in the “Tlit” program.
According to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Justice, the case will be resolved quickly. The act aims to amend provisions of the Criminal Code that prohibit so-called hate speech against categories such as sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Schmishek noted that this type of regulation is in force in most EU countries. – These are the same laws that regulate hate speech based on race and ethnicity. It will be the same penalty, he added.
Criminalization of “hate speech”.
Clause 7 of the coalition agreement states that “we are all equal and sexual orientation and gender cannot be a reason for discrimination.” The following sentence contains a statement to amend the criminal law to prosecute so-called hate speech.
The note reads: “We are all equal and sexual orientation and gender cannot be a reason for discrimination. Fighting against hate speech and actions will be our priority. We will change the criminal code so that hate speech is based on sexual orientation. And sex will be punished officially.”
Confederacy: They want to punish people in Poland for expressing views that do not correspond to a particular ideology
Before the establishment of this type of norms in the legal order Confederate politicians warn. – What is hate speech? The tradition of the Polish language does not know such a term. (…) It is known what is slander, slander, insult, abuse, etc. However, it is unclear what constitutes hate speech, so someone will have to define it, and of course politicians and officials will, Berkovic argues. .
In practice, this means nothing more than criminal prosecution for expressing opinions that do not correspond to a particular ideology close to the new coalition that is expected to be in place soon. This is blatant censorship, a blatant attack on free speech, and blatant, creeping totalitarianism. It is so obvious that even former activists of the new coalition parties, such as Mr. Dariusz Lipinski, a former PO activist, are outraged by it and say there is no such thing as “hate speech,” Berkovic said.
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