Critics of transgender issues and immigration will be protected under new free speech laws

Dec 8, 2021 by

by Luke Rildey, GB News:

The Law Commission said people with outspoken views should have stronger safeguards to be protected under freedom of speech laws and private conversations should also be protected.

People who question migrants or criticise the transgender issues will now be protected from hate crime prosecutions under a new law proposed to protect freedom of speech laws.

In a major report on hate crime published on Tuesday, the Law Commission said people with outspoken views on transgender, cultural and political issues should be protected from the threat of prosecution.

It would mean freedom of speech safeguards for people who believe transgender women are not real women or oppose any immigration or attack the policies of countries such as Israel or China.

The Law Commission warned that without putting proper protections into written law, officials could mount hate crime investigations into people that would have a on legitimate debate and people’s right to freedom of expression.

The change to the hate crimes law, said that private conversations should also be protected, to ensure people were not prosecuted for talking at the dinner table.

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