27/02/2020 12:52
Calls of violence to be criminalized
Deputy justice minister Srbuhi Galyan presented at the session of NA’s State-Legal Standing Committee bill offering changes in the Criminal Code of Armenia.
The bill envisages punishment for the calls, propaganda of violence, their public justification, she said.
“We offer criminalization of the most dangerous manifestation of hate speech,” she said, adding that hate speech must not be part of freedom of speech.
Lawmaker from Bright Armenia faction Taron Simonyan asked what will be in case the calls of violence are voiced by politician.
The deputy minister said irrespective who says it the ban on refraining from it spreads on all.