The court convicted Päivi Räsänen for publishing a brochure on sexual ethics but acquitted her for a social media post quoting Romans.

SAITAMA—The Saitama District Court on Nov. 21 ordered a halt to a planned protest targeting Kurdish people in Japan, ruling ...

Canada's Combatting Hate Act draws backlash from critics who say repealing the religious defense could chill sermons and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of “hate speech” has ...

Andrew Lawton, a member of Canadian Parliament told Fox News the bill “weakens protections for freedom of expression and ...

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen was convicted by Finland's Supreme Court for a 2004 pamphlet calling homosexuality a "disorder of psycho-sexual development." ...

Hate and beauty have this much in common: Often, they’re in the eye of the beholder. That’s what makes criminalizing hate so fraught, particularly regarding hate speech. One person’s mean and damaging ...

A barefoot activist tried to “plead insanity” after being charged under Queensland’s new hate speech laws for displaying a ...

Odisha Law Commission proposes new legislation to combat hate speech and hate crimes, recommending jail terms and fines for ...

Now to City Council for final decisions. GENEVA – A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other American ...

Bill, 2026, is designed to offer a targeted legal response to the threats posed by hate speech and hate crimes. Its primary ...