UN Report Lambastes Namibia for Hate Speech
by Christof Maletsky, allAfrica.com
THE United Nations has rapped the Namibian Government over the knuckles and demanded that hate speech against minority groups must stop.
The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) released its annual report yesterday in which it bemoans the fact that the 1998 Racial Discrimination Prohibition Amendment Act continues to restrict action against those practising hate speech.
The committee pointed out that hate speech, mostly by politicians, continued at an unacceptable rate and must be stopped.
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THE United Nations has rapped the Namibian Government over the knuckles and demanded that hate speech against minority groups must stop.
The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) released its annual report yesterday in which it bemoans the fact that the 1998 Racial Discrimination Prohibition Amendment Act continues to restrict action against those practising hate speech.
The committee pointed out that hate speech, mostly by politicians, continued at an unacceptable rate and must be stopped.
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