hate messages from the far right reopen the debate on what can or cannot be said
The dissemination of hateful messages by the extreme right – the anti-semitic proclamations in a neo-fascist rally in Madrid and Vox’s Islamophobic campaign in Catalonia – have led to the opening this week of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office, which will study whether they can be considered a crime for violating the exercise of fundamental rights. According to European doctrine, freedom of expression protects not only the harmless opinions, but also the most hurtful. But it establishes as red lines direct incitement to violence and comments that delve into the discrimination that vulnerable groups already suffer.
The Prosecutor’s Office investigates the Islamophobic campaign of Vox in the Catalan elections
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