The Australian government announced that “advocacy of genocide” would now be criminalised, under a series of new anti-terrorism legislation to be passed later this year.
Announcing the legislation, Australia’s attorney general George Brandis said:
“Free speech has no greater advocate than I… But advocating extremism or violence to achieve political change, or to hurt, threaten, or vilify others, is not a legitimate use of free speech and has no place in our society.”
The move was particularly aimed at groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir said Mr Brandis, adding,
"The government has shown the political will to deal with the menace of those who incite hate and terrorism."
See more from Xinhua here and the Guardian here.
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