Curb hate speech after riots, UN committee urges Britain


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  • Friday, 23 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: Protesters attend an anti-immigration protest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. committee urged Britain on Friday to pass measures to curb hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric which it said had played a direct role in fuelling summer riots.

Racist unrest involving far-right groups erupted at anti-immigration protests across Britain in August after false information circulated online that the suspect in a deadly attack on young girls was an Islamist migrant.

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