Originally Posted by
Mrs Teapot:
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Thank you Anne, I've been following this for a while...slightly more update and current.
Even if not successful I'm always of the belief that mud justly slung tends to stick!”
Thanks Mrs T. Two stand out parts for me.
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“Chair of the SBL, Dr Peter Herbert OBE, said: 'The de humanising comments by the Sun newspaper, and repeated on LBC radio, poured scorn on the lives of these migrants as if their survival was of no consequence. Words which equate human beings to some sort of insect pest, coupled with expressions of cruelty are an encouragement to commit persecution and even genocide.
'It does not matter whether the violence actually followed as long as it was reasonably foreseeable. Acts of violence committed by people traffickers or others are encouraged and legitimised by these words and must be punished under international law.'
Shireen Khan, an SBL spokesperson, added: 'Targeting those who cannot answer back is cowardly and reminiscent of the worst language of the 20th century genocide, where those that incite persecution and crimes against humanity, are as guilty as those who wield the gun or machete'”
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“Monique Noel, a legal consultant and SBL member, added: 'This is a necessary legal challenge to the racist incitement of a leading UK tabloid newspaper and national radio talk show to demonstrate that hate speech which amounts to incitement and subsequent persecution cannot be transmitted with impunity.
'The morality, ethos, and law is clear that freedom of speech is not a shield that can be deployed at the expense of the rights and freedoms of others. No part of the media or oligarch is above the law. The message has to be sent out loud and clear that migrants from Africa are just as human as the next person and their lives and dignity should be valued as such.”
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The BIB has been said so many times in relation to her and her ilk.. What I'm shocked by and obviously enables hate filled people like this is IPSO's inability or lack of any clause to deal with what was a xenophobic and racist "hate speech". She repeated much of it, adding more on radio. As the UN leader said the UK has been allowed to do this for too long.
I nisses me off that I'd be sacked for such things like most other people.
