Wednesday, April 25, 2018

European human rights chiefs order British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims  | Daily Mail Online

European human rights chiefs order British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims  | Daily Mail Online:

  • European human rights chiefs order the British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims in crackdown on freedom of speech
  • Report out from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
  • Blames increase in hate crimes and racism in UK on the 'worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in newspapers'
  • Claims Islamophobia rises when media reports when terrorists are Muslim

"European human rights chiefs have told the British press it must not report when terrorists are Muslim. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), chaired by Christian Ahlund (file picture) said discussions over immigration had caused increasing 'xenophobia'.
The recommendations came as part of a list of 23 meddling demands to Theresa May’s government on how to run the media in an alarming  threat to freedom speech.
The report, drawn up by the Council of Europe's human rights watchdog, blamed the recent increase in hate crimes and racism in the UK on the 'worrying examples of intolerance and hate speech in the newspapers, online and even among politicians', although the research was done before the EU referendum campaign had even begun..."
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