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Wednesday, July 07, 2004

New religious hate laws proposed in Britain
Jeannie Shawl at 10:25 AM ET

UK Home Secretary David Blunkett Wednesday unveiled a proposal that would make inciting religious hatred a criminal offence. Blunkett said there was a need to stop people being abused or targeted just because they held a particular religious faith. BBC News has the full story and an explanation of the religious hatred law proposal. The British Home Office has this press release. Listen to recorded audio of BBC Radio 4's Today interview with Blunkett on the proposed law.



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