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India needs hate crimes law

'Through the passing of this landmark bill, Scotland’s Parliament has sent a strong and clear message to victims, perpetrators, communities and to the wider society that offences motivated by prejudice will be treated seriously and will not be tolerated', declared Scotland’s justice minister Humza Yousaf. (Image credit : Twitter/@ScotParl)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India needs hate crimes law on lines of Scotland

Actually, modern Scotland is a liberal, secular and civilised nation which has not known any blasphemy prosecution for more than 175 years

17 Mar 2021 7:34 AM


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