“Think of the Children!”: dangerous speech that suggests children are in danger
Whether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and...
Whether they know it or not, contemporary political figures often use versions of dangerous speech that go back centuries, and...
People don’t commit violence against other groups - or even condone it - spontaneously. First they must be taught to see other people as pests, vermin, aliens, or threats. Malicious leaders often use the same types of rhetoric to do this, in myriad cultures, languages, countries, and historical periods. We call this Dangerous Speech. Violence might be prevented by making it less abundant or less convincing. We work to find the best ways to do this – while protecting freedom of expression.
The report definitively concludes that Russia bears State responsibility for breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
India has been steadily transforming from an aspiring liberal democracy into an ethnic democracy where a narrow and supremacist interpretations of Hinduism, the religion of the majority, wields near hegemonic status.
Dangerous speech targeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland is threatening human rights in an already difficult social and political situation.
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