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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR COUNTERING HATE

SPEECH

The United Nations considers hate speech “any kind of communication in
speech, writing or behaviour, that attacks or uses pejorative or
discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis
of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity,
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So then, The United Nations decided to recognize
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June 18 as “The international day for
countering hate speech.