Response to the UK’s Draft Anti-Terrorism Bill

Article 19 highlight concerns surrounding freedom of expression in the Anti-Terrorism Bill.

Criticisms of the Bill focus on the ‘encouragement’ and ‘glorification’ of terrorism: both offences are deemed to be too vague, resulting in a failure to show intent. Statements that are viewed as indirectly encouraging terrorism breach international human rights standards which demand a clear incitement to violence.

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