International Day for Countering Hate Speech

Hate Speech begins here!

By FRANK KRISHNER on June 18, 2022 OPINION

Today,on the 18th of June, is the very first ‘global’ day dedicated to ‘Countering Hate Speech’. According to the UN, hate speech is any kind of speech or writing that attacks or discriminates against a person or a group based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, descent, gender, or any other identity factor. Speech should […]

Is ‘Hate Speech’ being mainstreamed in India?

By NEWSNET DESK on June 18, 2022 OPINION

Social rights activist and writer CEDRIC PRAKASH SJ reminds us that June 18 is the very first INTERNATIONAL DAY for COUNTERING HATE SPEECH The decision by the United Nations General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (beginning this year 2022) is significant. It comes at a special moment […]