【社説】国会デモ規制、ヘイトスピーチとデモを同列に扱う姿勢は理解不能…政府の政策を批判するデモを禁ずる先進国がどこにあるのか

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From Wikipedia.

What is hate speach?
Hate speech is, outside the law, speech that attacks a person or group on the basis of e.g. race, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation.

In law, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing, or display which is forbidden
because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group,
or because it disparages or intimidates a protected individual or group.
The law may identify a protected individual or a protected group by certain characteristics.
In some countries, a victim of hate speech may seek redress under civil law, criminal law, or both.

**Japan
Japanese law covers threats and slander, but it "does not apply to hate speech against general groups of people".
Japan became a member of the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1995.
Article 4 of the convention sets forth provisions calling for the criminalization of hate speech.
But the Japanese government has suspended the provisions, saying actions to spread or promote the idea of racial discrimination have not been taken in Japan to such an extent that legal action is necessary.
The Foreign Ministry says that this assessment remains unchanged.

In May 2013, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) warned the Japanese government that
it needs to take measures to curb hate speech against so-called "comfort women", or Asian women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.