Denmark - 2011
Is there a legal definition of hate speech?
- Code:
- RED22
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
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Yes. |
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Section 266b of the penal code states in English translation: "(1) Any person who publicly or with the intention of dissemination to a wider circle of people makes a statement or imparts other information threatening, insulting or degrading a group of persons on acount of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual orientation, shall be liable to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (2) When handing down the punishment, it is to be considered as an aggratating circumstance that the statement is in the nature of propaganda". |
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