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THE DANGERS OF USING CRIMINAL SANCTIONS TO LIMIT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND TO ENFORCE SOCIAL COHESION

On 15 November 2023, Parliament’s second house of Parliament – the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) – passed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill despite countless submissions from various stakeholders opposing the Bill’s clear curtailment of the constitutionally-entrenched right to freedom of expression. The Bill will now go to the National Assembly for concurrence.

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