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Philippines President Says He’s “Happy” to Slaughter Millions

October 25,2016

It seems inconceivable that a head of state would say he aspires to kill his own people on the same scale as Hitler, but the Philippines’ new president did just that. Three months into his six-year presidency, Rodrigo Duterte said he would be “happy” to “slaughter” three million drug addicts. He has also called President Obama a “son of a bitch” and even joked that he should have been “first” in the gang rape and murder of an Australian missionary in Davao City (where he was mayor for 22 years) in 1989.

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Beyond Trump: US Officials Using Hallmarks of Dangerous Speech

September 29,2016

Much of the world is transfixed at present by Donald Trump’s often insulting and provocative language. But like any speech, it can only be fully understood in context – which now includes remarks more belligerent and shocking than Trump’s, from his supporters who have shouted “Kill her” and “Build the wall – kill them all” at recent Trump rallies, and from other elected officials such as governors of U.S. states. 

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Hate Speech and Incitement to Genocide

February 06,2013

Project Director Susan Benesch took part in two major events on incitement in February.

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Ivory Coast in speech-fueled catastrophe

April 02,2011

After months of vicious inflammatory speech, Cote d’Ivoire is exploding. Today there are battles in the main city of Abidjan, including…

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Is inflammatory speech motivating American assassins?

January 11,2011

Soon after Jared Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head on Saturday, an Arizona sheriff suggested that inflammatory speech…

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Censorship with a pretext

August 26,2010

Both Pakistan and Venezuela are using spurious claims about dangerous speech and violent images as a pretext for censorship, to…

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Peaceful vote in Kenya

August 05,2010

The referendum went peacefully yesterday in Kenya, and the Constitution passed, by 67 percent according to the latest results. This…

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