New Norwegian Hate Speech Law Can Prosecute People for Remarks about LGBTQ made in Private Sphere

Case information
Incident date
Country
Norway
Place
Oslo
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Morals
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Political
  • Radical Left
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Imprisonment
  • Lawsuit
  • Freedom of Conscience
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • Church
  • Internet
  • Private Home
  • Public Street
Bias Indicators
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
  • Time/Place/Location
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • No
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Stephen Radford on Unsplash

On the 10th of November, the Parliament of Norway has extended the hate-speech law to transgender and bisexual people, or generally "sexual orientation". People that are found guilty of hate speech could face up to one year in jail for private remarks and up to three years for public comments. This law could be conflicting with the freedom of speech for Christians, who preach the teachings of the bible.

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