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Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: The Low Threshold Hatred Paradigm—When "Offence" Is Enough to Restrict Speech

In this third post in The Volokh Conspiracy guest series, I examine a critical issue in the European Court of… The post Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: The Low Threshold Hatred Paradigm—When "Offence" Is Enough to Restrict Speech appeared first on Reason.com.

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Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96

The Independent UK

Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete.

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Marine Le Pen’s niece starts own party: What it means for French far right

Marion Marechal, 34, has launched Identite-Libertes, through which she hopes to strengthen France’s ‘national camp’.

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How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

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France Snap Vote Sparks Far-right Family Reunion

France's snap elections have sparked reconciliation within the country's most prominent far-right family, the latest episode in the saga of the tempestuous Le Pens.

International Business Times

Chaos On French Right As Macron Snap Poll Reshapes Politics

French right-wing parties were mired by infighting Thursday as campaigning intensified for snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron, but his government faces a more unified challenge from the left.

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Brussels Right-wing Meet Resumes After Court Scraps Ban

A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed Wednesday for a second day headlined by Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech.

International Business Times

Belgian Police Shut Down Far-Right National Conservatives Conference

Belgian police shut down far-right National Conservative conference in Brussels, sparking protests and concerns about free speech and democracy.

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Racist attacks on pop star Aya Nakamura test France’s ability to shine at Paris Olympics

Rumours that French pop star Aya Nakamara may sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have triggered a flurry of attacks from the French far right, questioning the host country’s ability to appreciate the globally acclaimed talent emerging from its neglected suburbs with large immigrant populations.

France 24

Miriam Cates: the world was a safer place when Donald Trump was president

She is the latest Conservative politician to flirt with MAGA

Evening Standard

Chateau Florence airport, anyone? A bouquet of fumes and jet fuel beckons

Plans to plonk a vineyard on the roof of the Amerigo Vespucci complex don’t seem to have been thought through

The Guardian - UK

'France Should Remain France': Macron Adopts Far-right Rhetoric

French President Emmanuel Macron borrowed lines from the far right for a press conference this week designed to relaunch his sputtering second term.

International Business Times

Procedural glitch clears French suspects in plot to attack Morocco World Cup fans

A court in Paris has dismissed a high-profile case against seven suspected far-right activists, including a prominent figure in the French “ultra-right”, citing procedural errors in the investigation. The suspects were accused of planning to carry out a racist attack on fans of Morocco during the recent football World Cup,…

France 24

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‘We fight on’: fears for France’s Sunday paper over editor with far-right ties

Bitter strike at Journal du Dimanche ends with staff exodus – and arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune

The Independent UK

French reporters end an unsuccessful strike against a new editor known as a far-right supporter

The journalists of French emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche have decided to put an end to a 40-day strike

France 24

Recent French riots boost support for far right's anti-immigration rhetoric

Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right.

The Independent UK

France's anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen

Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods

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France’s Murdoch? Right-wing media swoop threatens ‘pillar of French democracy’

The shock appointment of a far-right editor to run one of France’s best-known mainstream newspapers has sparked calls for urgent steps to protect the pluralism and independence of the French press, while underscoring a sharp rightwards shift of the country's media landscape under billionaire Vincent Bolloré.

Radio France Internationale

Probes into 'excessive force' by police as France recovers from week of riots

French authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a man who may have been killed by a police rubber bullet during protests in Marseille. It comes as France counts the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ plans receive far-right backing in Europe

Italy’s Matteo Salvini praised the plan as ‘harsh but fair’.

Reuters

Top French court annuls presidential challenger Zemmour's hate acquittal

French appeal court judges made errors when overturning an anti-Muslim hate conviction against former French far-right presidential challenger Eric Zemmour and the trial should be held again, the country's highest court ruled on Tuesday.

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Former French presidential candidate Zemmour to pay fine over racist comments

The far-right French polemicist and politician Eric Zemmour has been sentenced to pay a fine of €4,000 for racist insults made during a television debate in 2018. He referred to the first name of fellow speaker Hapsatou Sy as an "insult to France".

Daily Mirror

'Ugly scenes' in central Paris as riots break out over 'far-right' shooting of Kurdish nationals

Three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire near a Kurdish centre on Friday – with rioters taking to the streets after turning their anger towards police

Reuters

Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemmour was not a violation of his freedom of expression.

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