Bills are named as not law in the same sentence. Holder is coordination, not applause. Honest incomplete state over a finished-looking chart that treats pending law as enacted.
145 clauses
Live statuteSupportedIsraelListed-speech offence
§24(a)
Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016
Target
Identification with a terrorist organization — praise, flag, symbol, slogan, anthem
Test
Public + purpose to identify, or actual / real possibility it will lead to a terrorist act or listed offenses (§§22, 23, 25, 29)
Max
3 years
Live statuteSupportedIsrael
§24(b)(1)
Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016
Target
Direct call to commit a terrorist act
Test
No probability test. The publication is a direct call.
Max
5 years
Live statuteSupportedIsraelListed-speech offence
§24(b)(2)
Combating Terrorism Law, 5776-2016
Target
Praise, sympathy, encouragement, support of, or identification with a terrorist act
Test
Content + circumstances create a substantial / real possibility that the publication will bring about a terrorist act
Max
5 years
Live doctrineSupportedIsrael
HCJ 73/53, 87/53
Kol Ha'am v. Minister of the Interior
Target
Administrative prior restraint of a publication
Test
Near certainty (ודאות קרובה / vada'ut k'rova) that the publication will endanger the public peace
Max
Not a criminal sentence — a restraint on the publication
Temporary / sunsetSupportedIsrael
§24(c1)
Combating Terrorism Law (Amendment No. 9 and Temporary Order)
Target
Systematic, continuous consumption of specified terrorist publications
Test
Systematic and continuous consumption, in circumstances indicating identification with the organization. Random, good-faith, research, and public-information uses are excluded.
Max
1 year. Temporary provision extended through 30 November 2027.
Proposed — not lawUnprovenIsrael
not enacted
Proposed Amendment No. 11 to the Combating Terrorism Law
Target
Would lower the §24 probability threshold to 'reasonable possibility' (as circulated)
Test
Unproven-as-law. Do not speak as if the threshold has moved.
Max
n/a — not law
Live statuteSupportedUKListed-speech offence
s.1(1)–(2)
Terrorism Act 2006
Target
Statement a reasonable person would understand as direct or indirect encouragement of terrorism
Test
Mens rea is intent or recklessness. Reasonable-person understanding. Contents + circumstances of publication.
Max
15 years on indictment (raised from 7 years by the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019)
Live statuteSupportedUKListed-speech offence
s.1(3)
Terrorism Act 2006
Target
Glorification as a species of indirect encouragement
Test
Glorification counts only if members of the public could reasonably infer the conduct should be emulated by them in existing circumstances
Max
15 years on indictment (same offence as s.1)
Live statuteSupportedUKListed-speech offence
s.1(5)
Terrorism Act 2006
Target
Encouragement offence — irrelevance of actual effect
Test
Actual encouragement is irrelevant. Particularity of the act is irrelevant.
Max
15 years on indictment
Live statuteSupportedUKListed-speech offence
s.12(1)
Terrorism Act 2000
Target
Invite support for a proscribed organisation
Test
Invitation of support other than (or not restricted to) money or property
Max
14 years on indictment
Live statuteSupportedUK
s.12(1A)
Terrorism Act 2000
Target
Express a supportive opinion or belief about a proscribed organisation, reckless as to encouragement of the addressee
Test
Supportive opinion or belief + recklessness as to whether the addressee will be encouraged to support that organisation
Max
14 years on indictment (maximum raised 29 June 2021)
Live doctrineSupportedUS citizen
395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
Target
Advocacy of force or law violation by a speaker
Test
Directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action, and likely to incite or produce it
Max
Unprotected speech may be punished under an otherwise valid criminal statute. Independent abstract advocacy is protected.
Live doctrineSupportedUS citizen
561 U.S. 1 (2010)
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
Target
Speech that is training, expert advice, or service provided to, under the direction of, or in coordination with a designated FTO
Test
Coordination, not applause. Independent advocacy is outside the statute.
Max
The as-applied holding leaves independent advocacy untouched. Coordinated support is reachable under §2339B.
Live statuteSupportedUS citizen
§2339B(a)(1), (h)
18 U.S.C. §2339B
Target
Knowing provision of material support or resources to a designated FTO
Test
Knowledge that the organization is designated or engages in terrorism. Independent actors are not 'personnel' under (h).
Max
20 years; any term of years or life if death results
Live doctrineSupportedUS citizen
doctrinal result
No listed-speech offence
Target
Independent public speech next to a designated act or group
Test
There is no federal listed-speech offence. Brandenburg plus Holder leave independent public speech next to designation outside the criminal code.
Max
n/a for independent public speech next to designation
Live statuteSupportedUS non-citizen
§212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII)
Immigration and Nationality Act
Target
An alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity, or persuades others to do so, or to support a terrorist organization
Test
Status rule for non-citizens. Not Brandenburg. No imminence requirement.
Max
Inadmissibility: visa denial, refusal of admission, removal. Not a criminal sentence for the speech.
Live official manualSupportedUS non-citizen
Terrorism-related ineligibilities
9 FAM 302.6
Target
Consular application of INA §212(a)(3)(B), including endorse / espouse
Test
An applicant is ineligible under INA 212(a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) if the applicant endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or support terrorist activity or a terrorist organization.
Max
Visa ineligibility
Live statuteSupportedUS institution
42 U.S.C. §2000d
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964
Target
Race / color / national origin discrimination, including shared ancestry, by a federally funded program or activity
Test
Official theory: institutional hostile environment / deliberate indifference. Not a listed-speech offence.
Max
Funding termination or refusal; administrative enforcement; private suit
Live executive orderSupportedUS institution
§2
Executive Order 13899, Combating Anti-Semitism
Target
Agency enforcement of Title VI CRA; IHRA working definition as evidence of discriminatory intent
Test
Consider IHRA and its contemporary examples to the extent useful as evidence of discriminatory intent. Do not diminish First Amendment rights.
Max
Directs enforcement of existing Title VI; does not create a new crime
Live executive orderSupportedUS institution
29 January 2025
Executive Order 14188, Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism
Target
Agency inventory of civil and criminal authorities after October 7; OCR Title VI complaint inventory
Test
Reaffirms EO 13899. Directs additional agency reporting. Does not create a listed-speech offence.
Max
Executive direction of existing authorities
Passed House — not lawSupportedUS institution
HEA §487(a)(30) (proposed) and HEA Title VI certifications
H.R. 4795, Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
Target
Institutions that engage in a 'nonexpressive commercial boycott' of a major strategic partner (Israel), plus HEA Title VI international-education certifications
Test
Not law. Passed House 237–169 on 3 September 2026 (Roll no. 295). Not received in the Senate as of 2026-09-05.
Max
Would condition HEA student-aid eligibility and HEA Title VI funds. Not a listed-speech offence. Not law.
Reported — not lawSupportedUS institution
reported House 20 August 2026, Union Calendar 660
H.R. 8476, No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026
Target
Funded schools and colleges: treat antisemitic discrimination as vigorously as other Title VI CRA grounds
Test
Not law. Reported; has not passed the House.
Max
Would operate on CRA Title VI recipients. Not a listed-speech offence. Not law.
Live statuteSupportedDesignation
2025 additions
INA §219 FTO list / EO 13224 SDGT list
Target
Organizations whose designation expands the reach of §2339B, INA terrorism bars, and (in other venues) support and identification rules
Test
Designation is the shared master switch. Adding a group expands existing support and status rules. It does not write a listed-speech offence.
Max
Existing penalties attach to a larger set of groups
Live statuteSupportedOverlayAntisemitism
42 U.S.C. §2000d-4a
Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987
Target
Every operation of an entity any part of which receives federal financial assistance
Test
Title VI is not an education statute. Education is where it is loud. The definition already covers state and local government, colleges, school systems, and entire corporations.
Max
Funding termination / refusal across the entity, not only the assisted slice
Live executive orderSupportedOverlayAntisemitism
§3(c)
Executive Order 14188
Target
Attorney General civil-rights criminal authorities, including 18 U.S.C. §241
Test
Encouragement to employ existing conspiracy-against-rights authority to combat anti-Semitism. Not a new crime. Not limited to campuses.
Max
Points at §241 (10 years; life if death or listed aggravators)
Live statuteSupportedOverlayAntisemitism
Conspiracy against rights
18 U.S.C. §241
Target
Two or more persons who conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate anyone in the free exercise of a federal right
Test
Conspiracy against a right secured by the Constitution or federal law. Not a listed-speech test. Not Brandenburg. Not limited to schools.
Max
10 years; any term of years or life if death, kidnapping, or listed sex offenses; death-eligible if death results
Live executive orderSupportedOverlayAntisemitism
3 February 2025
DOJ Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism
Target
First priority: anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses
Test
Multi-agency (DOJ, Education, HHS). Coordinated through Civil Rights Division. Campus-first is official direction.
Max
Existing Title VI / Title VII / criminal civil-rights authorities — no new crime created
Live statuteSupportedOverlayReligion (generic)
42 U.S.C. §2000e — UC investigation 5 March 2025
Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964
Target
Employment discrimination; here, alleged antisemitic hostile work environment for faculty and staff
Test
Religion is on the face of Title VII. It is not on the face of Title VI. This is the documented hop from student-funding theory to employment theory. Still campus.
Max
Injunctive and equitable relief; pattern-or-practice suit by the Attorney General
Exchange program — not a statuteSupportedOverlayExtremism / radicalisation
Founded 1992
Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE)
Target
US law-enforcement executives; peer-to-peer training with Israel Police and other counterparts
Test
Not a legal test. A training program. Anti-terrorism executive development since founding.
Max
n/a — not a statute
Exchange program — not a statuteSupportedOverlayExtremism / radicalisation
Institute 1976; LEEP 2002
JINSA Law Enforcement Exchange / Homeland Security Program
Target
Senior US law-enforcement officers — federal, state, municipal
Test
Not a legal test. A post-9/11 best-practices exchange with Israel National Police, Ministry of Internal Security, and Shin Bet.
Max
n/a — not a statute
Live statuteSupportedFranceListed-speech offence
Article 421-2-5
Code pénal
Target
Direct provocation of terrorist acts, or public apology (apologie) for those acts
Test
Public apologie: inciting others to pass a favourable judgment on the terrorist acts (Cour de cassation). Direct provocation is a separate limb. Not Brandenburg. Not recel of apologie (Conseil constitutionnel 2020-845 QPC).
Max
5 years and €75,000; 7 years and €100,000 if committed via an online public communication service
Live statuteSupportedGermanyListed-speech offence
§ 140 Nr. 2 — Billigung von Straftaten
Strafgesetzbuch
Target
Public approval of a catalog offence (including murder, genocide, war crimes, and other §126/§138 listed acts), including foreign catalog acts capable of disturbing the domestic public peace
Test
Publicly, in an assembly, or by disseminating content, approve the act in a manner capable of disturbing the public peace. Approval means standing morally behind the offender as to a concrete catalog act. A free-floating hurrah is not enough.
Max
Up to 3 years or a fine
Live statuteSupportedGermanyRacial hatred
§ 130 Volksverhetzung
Strafgesetzbuch
Target
Incitement to hatred against a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group, or a part of the population; also Holocaust denial under §130(3)
Test
Capable of disturbing the public peace. Incitement to hatred, or attack on human dignity by insult, malicious contempt, or defamation of the group.
Max
§130(1): 3 months to 5 years. §130(3): up to 5 years or a fine
Live statuteSupportedCanada
s.83.221 — counselling a terrorism offence
Criminal Code
Target
Counselling another person to commit a terrorism offence without identifying a specific terrorism offence
Test
Counselling, not advocating, not a listed-speech offence. The 2015 C-51 ‘advocates or promotes terrorism offences in general’ text was replaced. Live text (current to 21 June 2026, last amended 15 June 2026) is counselling.
Max
5 years (indictable)
Live statuteSupportedCanadaHate umbrella
s.319 — hate propaganda
Criminal Code
Target
Public incitement of hatred (s.319(1)) and wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group (s.319(2))
Test
Identifiable group includes colour, race, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or mental or physical disability. Hatred, as of C-9, is defined in the Code.
Max
Hate-propaganda scale under s.319
Live statuteSupportedCanadaHate umbrella
s.319(7) definition of hatred — in force 18 July 2026
Combatting Hate Act (S.C. 2026, c. 15; former Bill C-9)
Target
Hate-propaganda and hate-crime provisions that use the word hatred
Test
Statutory definition, drawn from Supreme Court jurisprudence: intense and extreme emotion clearly associated with vilification and detestation.
Max
Definition — not a standalone offence
Live statuteSupportedCanadaHate umbrella
s.319(2.2) — wilful promotion of hatred by displaying terrorism or hate symbols
Combatting Hate Act (S.C. 2026, c. 15; former Bill C-9)
Target
Public display of (a) a symbol principally used by or associated with a listed terrorist entity, (b) the Nazi Hakenkreuz, Nazi double Sig-Rune (SS bolts), or a noose, or (c) a close resemblance, where the display wilfully promotes hatred against an identifiable group
Test
Wilful promotion of hatred, not mere display. Educational, artistic, and journalistic purposes are carved out on the official backgrounder. Attorney-General consent was retained.
Max
Hate-propaganda scale under s.319
Proposed — not lawSupportedCanadaDisinformation / online harm
first reading 10 June 2026; at second reading with no second-reading activity as of 2026-09-05
Bill C-34, Safe Social Media Act
Target
Operators of social media, AI chatbot, and other prescribed online services
Test
Would enact a Digital Safety Act and a Digital Safety Commission. Replacement track for dead Bill C-63. Not law.
Max
n/a — not law
Live statuteSupportedAustraliaListed-speech offence
s.80.2C Advocating terrorism
Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)
Target
Advocating the doing of a terrorist act, or the commission of a listed terrorism offence
Test
Intentionally advocates, reckless as to whether another person will engage in a terrorist act or commit the listed offence. Advocates includes counselling, promoting, encouraging, or urging, and includes praise where there is a substantial risk the praise might lead another person to a terrorist act or listed offence. Good-faith defence: s.80.3.
Max
Up to 7 years on the terrorist-act limb (compilation as of 30 June 2026)
EU framework decisionSupportedEURacial hatred
Article 1 — offences concerning racism and xenophobia
Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA
Target
Public incitement to violence or hatred against a group defined by race, colour, religion, descent, or national or ethnic origin; also public condoning, denial, or gross trivialisation of ICC / IMT crimes when likely to incite violence or hatred
Test
Intentional conduct. Member States may limit to conduct likely to disturb public order, or that is threatening, abusive, or insulting. Religion is intended at least to cover pretext-for-race cases.
Max
Member States must provide a maximum of at least one year
EU framework decisionSupportedEUListed-speech offence
Public provocation to commit a terrorist offence
Council Framework Decision 2008/919/JHA
Target
Distribution or making available of a message to the public with intent to incite listed terrorist offences
Test
Whether or not the message directly advocates terrorist offences, it is punishable if it causes a danger that one or more such offences may be committed. Recital: radical, polemic, or controversial views in the public debate on terrorism fall outside.
Max
National maxima after transposition
Live statuteSupportedUKRacial hatred
s.18 — stirring up racial hatred
Public Order Act 1986
Target
Threatening, abusive, or insulting words, behaviour, or written material intended or likely to stir up racial hatred
Test
Intent to stir up racial hatred, or likelihood having regard to all the circumstances. Not a listed-speech offence. Repealed for Scotland from 1 April 2024 by the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 — England and Wales remain.
Max
7 years on indictment
Working definition — not a statuteSupportedOverlayAntisemitism
Non-legally binding working definition, 26 May 2016
IHRA working definition of antisemitism
Target
A certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews
Test
Not a statute. Becomes operational when a state, university, or agency imports it as evidence (US: EO 13899). Examples are illustrative, including some Israel-related speech. First Amendment saving clause in EO 13899 §2(b).
Max
n/a — not a statute
Live statuteSupportedSpainListed-speech offence
Artículo 578 — enaltecimiento o justificación del terrorismo
Ley Orgánica 10/1995, Código Penal
Target
Public glorification or justification of terrorist offences in arts. 572–577, or of those who participated; also acts of discredit, contempt, or humiliation of terrorist-offence victims or their families
Test
Public enaltecimiento or justificación. A second limb protects victims. Online dissemination takes the upper half of the range. A public-peace / fear aggravator can raise the range further. Not Brandenburg.
Max
1 to 3 years and a 12-to-18-month fine; upper half if committed via internet or electronic communications
Live official manualSupportedUKHate incident (below crime)
Home Secretary’s Code — in force June 2023
Non-Crime Hate Incidents: Code of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal Data
Target
Incidents perceived as motivated by hostility or prejudice that are not crimes. Particular characteristics: race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, transgender identity
Test
Personal data of the subject should be recorded only if the incident presents a real risk of significant harm to individuals or groups with a particular characteristic, or a real risk of a future criminal offence against them. Perception-based recording was the pre-Miller default; the 2023 Code raised the threshold.
Max
n/a — not a criminal offence. Record, not charge.
Live doctrineSupportedUKSex (biological)
[2025] UKSC 16 (16 April 2025)
For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
Target
Meaning of ‘sex’, ‘man’, and ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010
Test
Those terms mean biological sex. A gender-recognition certificate does not change the EA 2010 category. Gender-reassignment protection remains a separate characteristic.
Max
n/a — statutory interpretation, not a listed-speech offence
Live statuteSupportedNLRacial hatred
art. 137d
Wetboek van Strafrecht
Target
Incitement to hatred, discrimination, or violence against a protected group
Test
Public oral, written, or pictorial incitement. Protected grounds include race, religion or belief, sex, hetero- or homosexual orientation, and disability.
Max
1 year (2 if habitual or joint)
Live statuteSupportedSEHate umbrella
16 kap. 8 § (SFS 2024:340)
Brottsbalken
Target
Hets mot folkgrupp — agitation against a population group
Test
A statement or other message that is spread, urging violence against, threatening, or expressing contempt for a group (or a person in it) with reference to race, colour, national or ethnic origin, creed, sexual orientation, or transgender identity or expression.
Max
2 years; gross 6 months to 4 years
Live statuteSupportedITRacial hatred
art. 604-bis
Codice penale
Target
Propaganda and incitement to crime on racial, ethnic, national, or religious grounds
Test
Propaganda of superiority/hatred or incitement to discrimination (a); incitement to violence (b). Aggravator for Holocaust/genocide denial or apologia with concrete danger of spread.
Max
18 months or €6,000 (a); 6 months to 4 years (b); 2 to 6 years on the denial/apologia aggravator
Live statuteSupportedATRacial hatred
§ 283
Strafgesetzbuch
Target
Verhetzung — public incitement to violence or hatred against a protected group
Test
Public, accessible to many people. Grounds include race, colour, language, religion or belief, nationality, descent, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation.
Max
2 years; 3 if broad public; 6 months to 5 if violence follows
Live statuteSupportedDKHate umbrella
§ 266 b
Straffeloven
Target
Public statements threatening, insulting, or degrading a group
Test
Public, or intent to spread more widely. Grounds: race, colour, national or ethnic origin, belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex characteristics.
Max
Fine or 2 years; propaganda is an aggravating circumstance
Live statuteSupportedNOHate umbrella
§ 185
Straffeloven
Target
Discriminatory or hateful utterances
Test
Intentional or grossly negligent public utterance. Includes symbols. Definition: threaten or insult, or promote hatred, persecution, or contempt on listed grounds.
Max
Fine or 3 years (public); 1 year if not public but in another’s presence
Live statuteSupportedCHRacial hatred
Art. 261bis
Swiss Criminal Code
Target
Discrimination and incitement to hatred
Test
Public incitement to hatred or discrimination on race, ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation; including genocide denial/trivialisation; and refusal of a public service on those grounds.
Max
Custodial sentence not exceeding 3 years or a monetary penalty
Live statuteSupportedIERacial hatred
s.2
Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989
Target
Actions likely to stir up hatred
Test
Publish/distribute, or use words/behaviour/display outside a private residence, that are threatening, abusive or insulting and intended or, having regard to all the circumstances, likely to stir up hatred.
Public dissemination of a message intending to incite a terrorist offence, creating a risk that such an offence may be committed
Test
Whether or not the message directly advocates the offence. Risk gate. Not free-floating apologie on this quote.
Max
Réclusion 5 to 10 years and a fine
Live statuteSupportedPLHate umbrella
art. 256 §1
Kodeks karny
Target
Public promotion of a totalitarian system or incitement to hatred on listed grounds
Test
Public. Grounds in the March 2025 amendment include nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, lack of religion, disability, age, sex, or sexual orientation.
Max
Deprivation of liberty up to 3 years
Live statuteSupportedFIHate umbrella
11 luku 10 §
Rikoslaki
Target
Ethnic agitation — kiihottaminen kansanryhmää vastaan
Test
Making available or distributing a message that threatens or insults a group, or incites violence or hatred, on listed grounds.
Max
Fine or 2 years
Live statuteSupportedRUListed-speech offence
ст. 205.2
Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации
Target
Public calls to terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism
Test
Public justification = a public statement recognising the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, needing support and imitation.
Max
Fine or 2 to 5 years; 5 to 7 years if mass media or the internet
Live statuteSupportedTRListed-speech offence
m. 7/2
Terörle Mücadele Kanunu (Law 3713)
Target
Propaganda that legitimises, praises, or incites a terrorist organisation’s methods involving force, violence, or threat
Test
The 2013 amendment ties the offence to methods of violence, not to the abstract existence of an organisation. Criticism limb is official policy; application remains Disputed.
Max
1 to 5 years; increased by half if committed via press or publication
Live statuteSupportedINHate umbrella
s.153A(1)(a)
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Target
Promoting enmity between groups on religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste, or community
Test
Words, signs, or visible representations that promote or attempt to promote disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred, or ill-will.
Max
3 years, or fine, or both (5 years if in a place of worship)
Live statuteSupportedBRRacial hatred
art. 20
Lei nº 7.716, de 5 de janeiro de 1989
Target
Practising, inducing, or inciting discrimination or prejudice of race, colour, ethnicity, religion, or national origin
Test
The 2023 amendment raises the penalty when committed via social networks or the internet.
Max
1 to 3 years and a fine; 2 to 5 years via media/internet
Live statuteSupportedNZRacial hatred
s.131
Human Rights Act 1993
Target
Inciting racial disharmony
Test
Intent to excite hostility or ill-will, or bring into contempt or ridicule, a group in New Zealand on colour, race, or ethnic or national origins, plus threatening, abusive, or insulting matter or words likely to have that effect.
Max
3 months or a fine not exceeding $7,000
Live statuteSupportedZAHate umbrella
s.10
Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act 4 of 2000
Target
Civil prohibition of hate speech on listed prohibited grounds
Test
Objective: words based on a prohibited ground that could reasonably be construed to demonstrate a clear intention to be harmful or to incite harm and to promote or propagate hatred (conjunctive after Qwelane / the 2023 substitution).
Max
Civil equality-court remedies. The court may refer to the DPP; this section is not itself a crime.
Live statuteSupportedSGRacial hatred
s.298A
Penal Code 1871
Target
Promoting enmity between racial groups, or acts prejudicial to racial harmony that disturb public tranquillity
Test
Knowing promotion or attempted promotion, on grounds of race, of disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different racial groups; or an act known to be prejudicial to harmony that disturbs or is likely to disturb public tranquillity.
Max
3 years, or fine, or both
Live statuteSupportedMYRacial hatred
s.3(1)(e), s.4(1)
Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15)
Target
Uttering seditious words or publishing a seditious publication, including a tendency to promote racial ill-will
Test
A 'seditious tendency' includes promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population. Intention is deemed irrelevant if the words had that tendency (s.3(3)).
Max
First offence: fine not exceeding RM5,000 or 3 years, or both; subsequent offence: 5 years (2006 reprint as quoted)
Live statuteSupportedPKListed-speech offence
s.11W
Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997
Target
Printing, publishing or disseminating material that glorifies terrorists or terrorist activities, incites religious, sectarian or ethnic hatred, or projects a person or organisation concerned in terrorism
Test
Print, publish, or disseminate by audio, video, data, electronic, digital, wall-chalking, or any other means of communication. Factual news reports in good faith are not 'projection'.
Max
5 years and fine (as amended; originally 6 months by summary procedure)
Live statuteSupportedEGListed-speech offence
المادة 28
قانون مكافحة الإرهاب رقم 94 لسنة 2015
Target
Direct or indirect promotion of a terrorist crime, including promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for the use of violence
Test
Promotion or preparation to promote, by speech, writing, or any other means. Indirect promotion = promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for violence. Aggravated if inside a house of worship or among armed/police forces.
Max
Imprisonment not less than 5 years; not less than 7 years in a house of worship or among armed/police forces
Live statuteSupportedARRacial hatred
art. 3
Ley 23.592 — Medidas contra actos discriminatorios
Target
Propaganda of racial or religious superiority, and incitement to persecution or hatred on race, religion, nationality, or political ideas
Test
Participating in an organisation or carrying out propaganda based on superiority ideas/theories aimed at justifying or promoting racial or religious discrimination; or encouraging or inciting persecution or hatred by any means.
Max
1 month to 3 years
Live statuteSupportedMXHate umbrella
art. 9, fr. XV y XXVII
Ley Federal para Prevenir y Eliminar la Discriminación
Target
Administrative prohibition of promoting hatred through media messages, and of inciting hatred, violence, rejection, mockery, insult, persecution, or exclusion
Test
Listed as forms of discrimination under art. 1 and the constitutional equality clause. Enforced through CONAPRED, not as a citizen glorification crime.
Max
Administrative / CONAPRED measures — not a criminal sentence on this quote
Live statuteSupportedJPRacial hatred
第2条（定義）／前文
本邦外出身者に対する不当な差別的言動の解消に向けた取組の推進に関する法律（平成28年法律第68号）
Target
Unfair discriminatory speech and behaviour against persons of foreign origin legally residing in Japan — a declaration and a duties statute, not a criminal offence
Test
Public announcement of harm to life, body, liberty, honour or property, or extreme disparagement, for the purpose of facilitating or inducing a discriminatory attitude, that incites exclusion from local communities on grounds of foreign origin.
Max
No criminal penalty. Consultation, education, and awareness-raising duties on the national and local governments.
Proposed — not lawSupportedKR
11 November 2025
Official Cabinet remarks — Office of the President
Target
No general independent-praise or comprehensive hate-speech crime is quoted as live
Test
Gap. Official direction to create penalties is not a statute. Existing tools (criminal defamation / insult) are not this quote.
Max
n/a — no quoted speech crime
Live statuteSupportedNGListed-speech offence
s.13
Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022
Target
Knowingly soliciting or rendering support for an act of terrorism or to a terrorist group, including incitement by disseminating terrorist information
Test
Support includes incitement to commit an act of terrorism by dissemination of terrorist information through the internet, other electronic or digital means, or printed materials. This is incitement/support, not free-floating apologie.
Max
At least 20 years, up to life imprisonment
Live statuteSupportedKERacial hatred
s.13
National Cohesion and Integration Act, 2008
Target
Hate speech — stirring up ethnic hatred
Test
Threatening, abusive or insulting words, behaviour, written material, play, recording, or programme, with intent to stir up ethnic hatred, or having regard to all the circumstances ethnic hatred is likely to be stirred up. Ethnic hatred = hatred against a group defined by colour, race, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origins.
Max
Fine not exceeding one million shillings, or 3 years, or both
Live statuteSupportedGHHate umbrella
s.207
Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
Target
Offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace — threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour in public
Test
Public place or public meeting. Threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or by which a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned.
Max
Misdemeanour
Live statuteSupportedPTListed-speech offence
art. 4.º n.º 3
Lei n.º 52/2003 (Lei de combate ao terrorismo)
Target
Public message that defends, praises, encourages, or calls for terrorist offences
Test
Distribute or disseminate to the public, by any means, a message that incites the practice of listed terrorist offences, including by defending, praising, encouraging, or appealing. Electronic/internet form is a separate, higher limb (n.º 4).
Max
1 to 5 years (1 to 6 years via electronic means accessible on the internet)
Live statuteSupportedGRHate umbrella
άρθρο 1 §1
Νόμος 927/1979
Target
Public incitement to acts capable of causing discrimination, hatred, or violence against a protected group
Test
Intentional, public, by speech, press, internet, or any other means. Grounds: race, colour, religion, descent, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, or disability. Must endanger public order or threaten life, liberty, or bodily integrity.
Max
3 months to 3 years and a fine of €5,000–€20,000
Live statuteSupportedCZListed-speech offence
§ 312e odst. 1
Trestní zákoník
Target
Public incitement to a terrorist offence, public approval of a committed terrorist offence, or public praise of its perpetrator
Test
Public. The second limb is approval / praise of a committed terrorist offence or of its perpetrator — independent of a further incitement-to-commit requirement on the face of the first paragraph.
Max
1 to 5 years (media / computer-network form is a qualified limb: 3 to 12 years)
Live statuteSupportedHUListed-speech offence
331. § (2)
2012. évi C. törvény a Büntető Törvénykönyvről
Target
Incitement of support for terrorism, or propaganda supporting terrorism, before a large audience
Test
Nagy nyilvánosság előtt. Residual: applies unless a more serious offence is established. Parallel 331(1) is incitement to war.
Max
1 to 5 years (same as 331(1))
Live statuteSupportedROHate umbrella
art. 369
Codul penal (Legea nr. 286/2009)
Target
Public incitement to violence, hatred, or discrimination against a protected category or a person in it
Test
By any means. Grounds: race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, sexual orientation, opinion or political affiliation, wealth, social origin, age, disability, non-contagious chronic disease, or HIV/AIDS.
Max
6 months to 3 years, or a fine
Live statuteSupportedSKListed-speech offence
§ 419b ods. 1
Trestný zákon
Target
Public incitement to a terrorist offence, or public approval of a terrorist offence
Test
Public. The second limb is approval of a terrorist offence — independent of a further incitement-to-commit requirement on the face of paragraph (1). Inserted by zákon č. 161/2018 Z. z.
Max
3 to 10 years (training / solicitation limb: 7 to 15 years)
Live statuteSupportedSIHate umbrella
297. člen (1)
Kazenski zakonik (KZ-1)
Target
Public incitement or stirring up of hatred, violence, or intolerance on listed personal circumstances
Test
Public, and committed in a manner that can jeopardise or disturb public order, or by using threat, insult, or abuse. Grounds include nationality, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, colour, origin, property, education, social position, political or other belief, disability, sexual orientation, or any other personal circumstance.
Max
Up to 2 years (up to 3 with force/desecration; up to 5 if an official abuses office)
Live statuteSupportedHRHate umbrella
čl. 325. st. 1
Kazneni zakon
Target
Public incitement to violence or hatred directed at a group or a member of a group on listed characteristics
Test
Via print, radio, television, a computer system or network, at a public gathering, or otherwise publicly. Includes making leaflets, images, or other material available. Grounds: race, religion, national or ethnic affiliation, language, origin, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other characteristics.
Max
Up to 3 years (organising a group of three or more: 6 months to 5 years)
Live statuteSupportedBGListed-speech offence
чл. 114к ал. 1
Наказателен кодекс
Target
Preaching the commission of terrorism
Test
The base form has no media or office-holder gate. Qualified: public official / public-function representative, or mass media / social-network / mass-dissemination form (1 to 6 years plus fine).
Max
Up to 3 years, or probation, or a fine of up to 5,000 leva, plus public censure (media/official form: 1 to 6 years plus public censure and a fine of 3,000 to 10,000 leva)
Live statuteSupportedEEHate umbrella
§ 151 lg 1
Karistusseadustik
Target
Public incitement to hatred, violence, or discrimination on listed grounds, causing danger to a person’s life, health, or property
Test
Public. Grounds: nationality, race, colour, sex, language, origin, religion, sexual orientation, political convictions, or pecuniary or social status. Result gate: danger to life, health, or property. Base form is a misdemeanour.
Max
Fine of up to 300 fine units or detention (up to 3 years if death, injury, or other serious consequence, or if previously punished)
Live statuteSupportedLVRacial hatred
78. pants (1)
Krimināllikums
Target
Acts aimed at inciting national, ethnic, racial, or religious hatred or enmity
Test
The base offence does not require a public-order result on the face. Aggravators: group, public official, responsible employee, or automated data-processing system (up to 5 years); violence, threats, or organised group (up to 10 years).
Max
Up to 3 years, or short-term deprivation of liberty, probation supervision, community service, or a fine
Live statuteSupportedLTHate umbrella
170 str. 2 d.
Baudžiamasis kodeksas
Target
Public mockery, denigration, incitement to hatred, or incitement to discriminate against a group or a person in it on listed grounds
Test
Public. Grounds: age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, nationality, language, origin, ethnic origin, social status, faith, religion, or convictions or views. Paragraph 3 is public incitement to violence.
Max
Public works, fine, restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment up to 2 years (paragraph 3: up to 3 years)
Live statuteSupportedLUHate umbrella
art. 457-1, 1°
Code pénal
Target
Public incitement to discrimination, hatred, or violence against a person, group, or community on listed grounds
Test
Public speech, writings, images, posters, or any audiovisual means. Grounds are those in art. 454 (origin, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family situation, age, health, disability, mores, political or philosophical opinions, trade-union activity, actual or supposed ethnicity, nation, race, or religion).
Max
8 days to 2 years and/or a fine of €251 to €25,000
Live statuteSupportedMTHate umbrella
art. 82A(1)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Target
Threatening, abusive, or insulting words, behaviour, or material intended or likely to stir up violence or hatred against a person or group on listed grounds
Test
Intent to stir up, or likely having regard to all the circumstances. Grounds: gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, language, ethnic origin, age, disability, religion or belief, or political or other opinion.
Max
6 to 18 months
Live statuteSupportedCYRacial hatred
άρθρο 3(1)
Ο περί της Καταπολέμησης Ορισμένων Μορφών και Εκδηλώσεων Ρατσισμού και Ξενοφοβίας μέσω του Ποινικού Δικαίου Νόμος του 2011
Target
Intentional public incitement of violence or hatred against a group or a member of a group defined by race, colour, religion, descent, or national or ethnic origin
Test
Public, or by public dissemination. Manner that disturbs public order or is threatening, abusive, or insulting.
Max
Up to 5 years or a fine up to €10,000, or both
Live statuteSupportedISHate umbrella
233. gr. a
Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940
Target
Public mockery, defamation, denigration, or threat of a person or group on listed grounds, or dissemination of such material
Test
Public. Includes pictures or symbols. Grounds (as amended 2022): ethnic or national origin, colour, race, religion, disability, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Max
Fine or imprisonment up to 2 years
Live statuteSupportedUAHate umbrella
ст. 161 ч. 1
Кримінальний кодекс України
Target
Intentional acts aimed at inciting national, regional, racial, or religious enmity and hatred, humiliating national honour and dignity, manifestations of antisemitism, or insulting citizens’ feelings in connection with their religious beliefs, and restriction of rights or establishment of privileges on listed grounds
Test
Intentional. Grounds include race, colour, political, religious and other beliefs, sex, disability, ethnic and social origin, property status, place of residence, language, or other characteristics. Regional belonging is defined in the note.
Max
Fine, or restriction of liberty up to 5 years, or imprisonment up to 3 years, with or without a ban on holding office
Live statuteSupportedRSHate umbrella
čl. 387 st. 4
Krivični zakonik
Target
Spreading or otherwise making publicly available texts, images, or other representations of ideas or theories that advocate or incite hatred, discrimination, or violence against a person or group on listed grounds
Test
Public availability. Grounds: race, colour, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or other personal characteristic. Paragraph 3 is propagating racial superiority or racial hatred.
Max
3 months to 3 years
Live statuteSupportedBARacial hatred
čl. 145a st. (2)
Krivični zakon Bosne i Hercegovine
Target
Public incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group or a member of a group defined by race, colour, religion, descent, or national or ethnic origin
Test
Public. Residual to paragraph (1). Paragraph (3) is public condoning, denial, gross trivialisation, or attempted justification of genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes established by a final ICTY / ICC / IMT / BiH court judgment, in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred.
Max
3 months to 3 years (paragraph (3): 6 months to 5 years)
Live statuteSupportedMKHate umbrella
член 319 ст. 1
Кривичен законик
Target
Causing or inciting hatred, discord, or intolerance on listed discriminatory grounds
Test
By coercion, maltreatment, endangering security, mocking national, ethnic, religious or other symbols, damaging flags or property, desecrating monuments or graves, or in another discriminatory manner, directly or indirectly.
Max
1 to 5 years
Live statuteSupportedALHate umbrella
neni 265
Kodi penal (Ligji nr. 7895/1995)
Target
Incitement of hatred or disputes on grounds of race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, including preparing, disseminating, or keeping for distribution writings with such content
Test
By any means or forms. Intentional as to the writings limb.
Max
2 to 10 years
Live statuteSupportedMERacial hatred
čl. 370 st. 1
Krivični zakonik Crne Gore
Target
Public incitement to violence or hatred towards a group or a member of a group defined by race, colour, religion, origin, or state or national affiliation
Test
Public. Paragraph 2 is public approval, denial, or significant reduction of the gravity of genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes established by a final Montenegrin or international criminal-court judgment, in a manner that can lead to violence or hatred.
Max
6 months to 5 years (1 to 8 years with coercion/desecration; 1 to 8 / 2 to 10 if abuse of office or riots follow)
Live statuteSupportedMDHate umbrella
art. 346
Codul penal al Republicii Moldova
Target
Incitement to hatred or violence against a category of persons, committed on bias motives
Test
Public appeals, dissemination of information, or other forms of informing the public, including via mass media, in writing, drawing, or image, or via a computer system. Bias motives are defined in art. 134²¹.
Max
Fine of 500–600 conventional units, or unpaid community work 180–240 hours, or imprisonment 1 to 3 years
Live statuteSupportedGEListed-speech offence
მუხლი 330¹
საქართველოს სისხლის სამართლის კოდექსი
Target
Open support of terrorist activities and/or a terrorist organisation, or public incitement to terrorism, creating a clear, immediate, and substantial risk of terrorist activities
Test
Orally, in writing, or by other forms of expression. Risk gate on both limbs. Paragraph 1 excepts an act defined in art. 331¹ (financing / material support).
Max
Up to 3 years (open support); 2 to 6 years (public incitement)
Live statuteSupportedAMHate umbrella
հոդված 330 մաս 1
ՀՀ քրեական օրենսգիրք (2021)
Target
Public call for violence, or publicly justifying or advocating such violence, against a person or group on listed grounds, or disseminating material or objects for that purpose
Test
Residual: applies if the elements of arts. 136, 151, 313, 328, 329, or 422 are absent. Grounds: racial, national, ethnic or social origin, religion, political or other views, or other personal or social circumstances.
Max
Fine up to ten-fold, public works up to 100 hours, restriction of liberty up to 1 year, short-term imprisonment up to 1 month, or imprisonment up to 1 year
Live statuteSupportedAZRacial hatred
maddə 283.1
Azərbaycan Respublikasının Cinayət Məcəlləsi
Target
Actions aimed at inciting national, racial, social, or religious hatred and enmity, humiliating national dignity, or restricting rights or establishing superiority of citizens on those grounds, committed publicly including through the mass media
Test
Public, including via mass media. A religious-radicalism / fanaticism motive is a separate, higher limb (283.1-1: 3 to 5 years).
Max
Fine of 8,000 to 12,000 manats, or corrective labour up to 2 years, or imprisonment 2 to 4 years
Live statuteSupportedCNListed-speech offence
第一百二十条之三
中华人民共和国刑法
Target
Advocating terrorism or extremism, or inciting the commission of terrorist activities
Test
Producing or distributing books, audio-visual materials, or other items that advocate terrorism or extremism; or advocating terrorism or extremism by lecturing, releasing information, or other means; or inciting terrorist activities.
Max
5 years (plus fine); serious circumstances: 5 years or more, plus fine or confiscation of property
Live statuteSupportedPH
s.9
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (Republic Act No. 11479)
Target
Inciting others to the execution of s.4 terrorist acts, without taking a direct part
Test
Speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners, or other representations tending to the same end. This is incitement, not free-floating praise.
Max
12 years
Live statuteSupportedSAListed-speech offence
المادة 34
نظام مكافحة جرائم الإرهاب وتمويله
Target
Support, call for, sympathy with, justification, promotion, or lauding of a terrorist ideology, entity, crime, or perpetrator’s method
Test
Includes possessing documents, publications, or recordings, of any type, with intent to publish or promote, that justify, promote, or laud a terrorist ideology or terrorist offence.
Max
3 to 8 years
Live statuteSupportedAEListed-speech offence
المادة 34
القانون الاتحادي رقم (7) لسنة 2014 في شأن مكافحة الجرائم الإرهابية
Target
Promoting or advocating a terrorist organisation, terrorist person, or terrorist crime
Test
By speech, writing, or any other means, with knowledge. 2024 amendment raised the penalty to life imprisonment plus a fine.
Max
Life imprisonment and AED 2–4 million
Live statuteSupportedCLHate umbrella
art. 2
Ley 20.609 (Ley Zamudio)
Target
Arbitrary discrimination — civil action, not a speech crime
Test
Distinction, exclusion, or restriction without reasonable justification that deprives, disturbs, or threatens fundamental rights, including on race or ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.
Max
Civil acción de no discriminación — no criminal maximum on this quote
Live statuteSupportedCOHate umbrella
art. 134A
Código Penal (Ley 599 de 2000)
Target
Arbitrary acts that prevent, obstruct, or restrict the full exercise of rights on listed grounds
Test
Grounds include race, nationality, sex or sexual orientation, disability, and other reasons of discrimination. Overlay, not terror-glorification.
Max
12 to 36 months and a fine of 10 to 15 monthly legal minimum wages
Live statuteSupportedCOHolocaust / genocide denial
art. 102
Código Penal (Ley 599 de 2000)
Target
Apología del genocidio — disseminating ideas that promote, justify, or seek to rehabilitate genocide or antisemitism
Test
By any means. Overlay / denial cell, not glorification of a live designated terrorist group.
Max
96 to 180 months, plus fine and public-rights disqualification
Live statuteSupportedPEListed-speech offence
art. 316-A
Código Penal (D.L. 635), as amended by Ley 30610
Target
Public exaltation, justification, or glorification of the crime of terrorism, or of a person convicted of it
Test
Public. Aggravators: teacher/authority; presence of minors; propagation by print, broadcast, or ICT.
Max
4 to 8 years (base); 6 to 10 (authority/minors); 8 to 15 (media / ICT)
Live statuteSupportedBDHate umbrella
s.153A
The Penal Code, 1860
Target
Promoting enmity or hatred between different classes of citizens
Test
Words spoken or written, signs, visible representations, or otherwise. Honest-purpose explanation is in the same section.
Max
2 years, or fine, or both
Live statuteSupportedLKRacial hatred
s.3
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act, No. 56 of 2007
Target
Propagating war, or advocating national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence
Test
The offence is the advocacy/propagation itself. Attempts, aiding, and threats are also offences under s.3(2).
Max
Rigorous imprisonment not exceeding 10 years
Live statuteSupportedUYHate umbrella
art. 149 bis
Código Penal
Target
Public incitement to hatred, contempt, or moral or physical violence against persons on listed grounds
Test
Public, or by any means apt for public dissemination. Grounds: skin colour, race, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity.
Max
3 to 18 months' prisión
Live statuteSupportedKZListed-speech offence
ст. 256
Уголовный кодекс Республики Казахстан
Target
Propaganda of terrorism or public calls to commit an act of terrorism
Test
Includes production, storage for distribution, or distribution of materials of that content.
Max
5 to 9 years with confiscation of property (part 1)
Live statuteSupportedKZHate umbrella
ст. 174
Уголовный кодекс Республики Казахстан
Target
Incitement of social, national, ethnic, racial, or religious discord
Test
Intentional public acts, including via mass media, telecommunication networks, and online platforms, or by producing or distributing literature promoting such discord; also propaganda of exclusivity, superiority, or inferiority on those grounds.
Max
Fine of 2,000–7,000 MCI, or restriction of liberty or imprisonment for 2 to 7 years (part 1)
Live statuteSupportedUZListed-speech offence
ст. 244-1
Уголовный кодекс Республики Узбекистан
Target
Manufacture, storage, distribution, or display of materials threatening public safety, including attributes or symbols of terrorist organisations
Test
Part 1: manufacture or storage for distribution of religious-extremist / separatist / fundamentalist materials, or of terrorist-organisation symbols. Part 2: distribution or display of the same.
Max
Fine or up to 3 years (part 1); 3 to 5 years (part 2); 5 to 8 years on listed aggravators
Outraging the religious feelings of a caste, race, community, or class
Test
By writing, speech, shape or sign, or any other means. Overlay / religion cell.
Max
2 years and NPR 20,000
Live statuteSupportedECHate umbrella
art. 176
Código Orgánico Integral Penal
Target
Propagating, practising, or inciting distinction, restriction, exclusion, or preference on listed grounds, to nullify or impair equal rights
Test
Grounds include nationality, ethnicity, place of birth, age, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation, cultural identity, marital status, language, religion, ideology, socioeconomic condition, migratory condition, disability, or state of health. Affirmative-action exception.
Max
1 to 3 years; 3 to 5 years if ordered or executed by a public servant
Live statuteSupportedLBRacial hatred
المادة 317
قانون العقوبات
Target
Any act, writing, or speech intended to, or resulting in, stirring sectarian or racial strife, or inciting conflict among the communities
Test
Intent or result. No requirement that actual communal violence follow.
Max
1 to 3 years and a fine of 100,000 to 800,000 Lebanese pounds, plus listed civic disabilities
Live statuteSupportedTNListed-speech offence
art. 31
Loi organique n° 2015-26 du 7 août 2015, relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et à la répression du blanchiment d’argent
Target
Public and express apologie of a terrorist offence, its authors, an organisation or entente, its members, activities, or related opinions and ideas
Test
Intentional, by any means, inside or outside the Republic, in a public and express manner. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow.
Max
1 to 5 years and a fine of 5,000 to 20,000 dinars
Live statuteSupportedMAListed-speech offence
الفصل 218-2
مجموعة القانون الجنائي (Code pénal), as completed by Loi 03-03 and Loi 86-14
Target
Apologie of acts constituting terrorist offences, and propaganda, apologie, or promotion of terrorist entities, organisations, gangs, or groups
Test
By speeches, shouts, or threats in public places or meetings; or by writings, printed matter, or posters exposed to the public; including audio-visual and electronic media.
Max
2 to 6 years and a fine of 10,000 to 200,000 dirhams
Live statuteSupportedDZListed-speech offence
المادة 87 مكرر 4
أمر رقم 66-156 مؤرخ في 8 يونيو 1966 يتضمن قانون العقوبات
Target
Apologie, encouragement, or financing, by any means, of the terrorist or subversive acts in that section
Test
By any means. The charged forms are apologie, encouragement, and financing of the acts defined in art. 87 bis. No requirement that a further act follow.
Max
Réclusion of 5 to 10 years and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 DA
Live statuteSupportedMLListed-speech offence
art. 255-1
Loi n° 2024-027 du 13 décembre 2024 portant Code pénal
Target
Public expressions of support for terrorist acts or groups, and apologie of a qualified terrorist organisation
Test
By any means: calling or inciting terrorist offences; using a name, term, symbol, or public expressions of support for terrorist acts or groups; promoting ideologies favourable to terrorism; or using any other sign for the apologie of a qualified terrorist organisation. Online form is a higher limb.
Max
5 years and a fine of 1,000,000 francs; 7 years and 2,000,000 francs via an online public-communication service
Live statuteSupportedSNListed-speech offence
art. 279-2
Code pénal (Loi n° 65-60), as substituted by Loi n° 2021-33 du 23 juillet 2021
Target
Public apologie of the terrorist acts listed in art. 279-1
Test
By the means set out in art. 248 (public speeches, writings, and other public-communication means). Loi 2016-29 had placed this as the last paragraph of 279-1; Loi 2021-33 made it an autonomous article.
Max
1 to 5 years and a fine of 500,000 to 2,000,000 francs
Live statuteSupportedVEHate umbrella
art. 20
Ley Constitucional contra el Odio, por la Convivencia Pacífica y la Tolerancia
Target
Publicly fostering, promoting, or inciting hatred, discrimination, or violence against a person or set of persons on listed grounds
Test
Public, or by any means apt for public dissemination. Grounds include real or presumed membership of a social, ethnic, religious, or political group, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other discriminatory motive.
Max
Prison of 10 to 20 years, without prejudice to civil and disciplinary liability
Live statuteSupportedETHate umbrella
art. 4
Hate Speech and Disinformation Prevention and Suppression Proclamation No. 1185/2020
Target
Disseminating hate speech by broadcasting, print, or social media, using text, image, audio, or video
Test
The prohibition is on dissemination. Hate speech is defined in the same Proclamation as speech that deliberately promotes hatred, discrimination, or attack against a person or identifiable group based on ethnicity, religion, race, gender, or disability. Exemptions (art. 6) are a different subsection.
Max
Up to 2 years or a fine (hate-speech base, art. 7); 1 to 5 years if an attack follows; 1 to 3 years if via broadcast, print, or a social-media account with more than 5,000 followers
Live statuteSupportedRWHolocaust / genocide denial
art. 4
Law n° 59/2018 of 22/8/2018 on the Crime of Genocide Ideology and Related Crimes
Target
Public act that manifests an ideology supporting or advocating destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group
Test
In public, verbally, in writing, through images, or in any other manner. This is genocide ideology, not a listed-speech offence.
Max
5 to 7 years and a fine of FRW 500,000 to 1,000,000
Live statuteSupportedBORacial hatred
art. 281 quater
Código Penal, as inserted by Ley n° 045 de 8 de octubre de 2010
Target
Disseminating ideas based on racial superiority or racial hatred, promoting or justifying racism or discrimination, or inciting violence or persecution on those grounds
Test
By any means. Grounds are those in arts. 281 bis (racism) and 281 ter (discrimination). Public-official and media-worker aggravators sit in the same article.
Max
1 to 5 years (aggravated by one-third of the minimum and one-half of the maximum if committed by a public servant)
Live statuteSupportedGYRacial hatred
s.2
Racial Hostility Act, Cap. 23:01
Target
Wilfully exciting or attempting to excite hostility or ill-will against a section of the public, or a person, on the grounds of race
Test
By words spoken in a public place or transmitted for general reception; by causing words to be reproduced in a public place from a record; or by written (including printed) or pictorial matter published by the person. National Assembly and judicial-proceedings exceptions.
Max
Fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for 7 years (s.2(3) as amended by Act 9 of 2002); plus five-year civic disqualification under s.3
Live statuteSupportedMURacial hatred
s.282
Criminal Code (Act 6 of 1838)
Target
Publishing threatening, abusive, or insulting writing, or using such words or gestures in public, with intent to stir up contempt or hatred against a listed section of the public
Test
Intent to stir up contempt or hatred against a section distinguished by race, caste, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, or sex. Writing includes electronic writing. The 2018 substitution is the live form.
Max
Penal servitude not exceeding 20 years and a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees
Live statuteSupportedNARacial hatred
s.11
Racial Discrimination Prohibition Act 26 of 1991
Target
Publicly using language, publishing or distributing written matter, displaying an article, or doing an act with intent to threaten or insult on racial grounds, incite hatred between racial groups, or disseminate ideas based on racial superiority
Test
Intent. « Article » includes a flag, insignia, or emblem. Substituted after S v Smith NO declared the original s.11(1) unconstitutional. Public-interest and good-faith defences live in s.14(2).
Max
Criminal offence; penalty in s.14 of the same Act as substituted by Act 26 of 1998
Live statuteSupportedGTHate umbrella
art. 202 bis
Código Penal, Decreto n° 17-73, as added by Decreto n° 57-2002
Target
Discrimination — distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference that impedes the exercise of a legally established right, including on gender, race, ethnicity, language, age, or religion
Test
By action or omission. The penalty is aggravated by one-third for anyone who in any form and by any means disseminates, supports, or incites discriminatory ideas.
Max
1 to 3 years and a fine of 500 to 3,000 quetzales; plus one-third if the dissemination/incitement aggravator applies
Live statuteSupportedTZRacial hatred
s.17
The Cybercrimes Act, 2015
Target
Producing for distribution, offering, or distributing racist or xenophobic material through a computer system
Test
« Racist and xenophobic material » means material which advocates, promotes, or incites hatred, discrimination, or violence against any person or group based on race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, or religion (s.3).
Max
Fine of not less than 3 million shillings, or imprisonment of not less than 1 year, or both
Live statuteSupportedBYHate umbrella
статья 130
Уголовный кодекс Республики Беларусь
Target
Intentional acts aimed at inciting racial, national, religious, or other social enmity or discord on those grounds
Test
Part 1 is the base speech/incitement cell. Violence or official-capacity is part 2. Group commission or grave consequences is part 3. « Other social affiliation » is defined in the note (sex, age, profession, occupation, place of residence, or other socio-group identification).
Max
Fine, arrest, or restriction of liberty or imprisonment for up to 5 years (part 1)
Live statuteSupportedCMRacial hatred
art. 241
Loi n° 2016/007 du 12 juillet 2016 portant Code pénal, as substituted 24 December 2019
Target
Contempt of a race or a religion to which citizens or residents belong
Test
Contempt as defined in art. 152. Press, radio, television, social networks, or any other means likely to reach the public raises the fine. Intent to arouse hatred or contempt between citizens or residents doubles the penalties.
Max
6 days to 6 months and a fine of 5,000 to 500,000 francs; fine up to 20,000,000 via mass media; doubled if intended to arouse hatred
Live statuteSupportedKGHate umbrella
статья 330
Уголовный кодекс Кыргызской Республики (Кодекс от 28 октября 2021 года № 127)
Target
Public incitement to racial, ethnic, national, religious, or interregional hatred (discord), humiliation of national dignity, or propaganda of exclusivity, superiority, or inferiority on religion, nationality, or race
Test
Committed publicly, or using the mass media, or via the Internet. Violence, official position, and group forms are part 2.
Max
Fine of 1,000 to 2,000 calculation indices, or imprisonment for up to 5 years (part 1)
Live statuteSupportedBHListed-speech offence
المادة 11
قانون رقم (58) لسنة 2006 بشأن حماية المجتمع من الأعمال الإرهابية, as substituted by قانون رقم (8) لسنة 2019
Target
Promotion, glorification, exaltation, justification, approval, or encouragement of acts constituting a punishable terrorist activity
Test
By any means, whether inside or outside the Kingdom. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow. A second paragraph covers possession of a writing containing those acts, prepared for distribution.
Max
Imprisonment not exceeding 5 years and a fine of 2,000 to 5,000 dinars (speech limb); imprisonment not exceeding 5 years (possession limb)
Live statuteSupportedBFListed-speech offence
art. 361-19
Loi n° 025-2018/AN portant Code pénal
Target
Public apologie of terrorist acts
Test
Public. A higher limb applies if committed via an online public-communication service or by written or audiovisual press. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow.
Max
1 to 10 years and a fine of 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 francs CFA; 11 to 21 years and the same fine via online public communication or press
Live statuteSupportedUGListed-speech offence
s.9
Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 (Act 14 of 2002; Cap. 120)
Target
Promoting terrorism, or publishing and disseminating news or materials that promote terrorism
Test
s.9(1) is establishing, running, or supporting an institution for those purposes (or for training / recruiting / fundraising). s.9(2) is the free-standing limb: publishing or disseminating materials that promote terrorism without establishing such an institution. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow.
Max
Liable to suffer death (s.9(1) and s.9(2) as enacted). Act 19 of 2021 removed mandatory death from s.7(1)(a) only; s.9's death maximum remains on the face of the Act
Live statuteSupportedSVListed-speech offence
art. 8
Ley Especial contra Actos de Terrorismo, Decreto Legislativo n° 108 of 21 September 2006, as substituted
Target
Public apología of terrorism, or inciting another to commit an offence under that Law
Test
Public. Two charged forms in one article: apología of terrorism, and incitement to an offence under the Law. The 25 August 2015 inconstitutionality judgment struck the original penalty as disproportionate; Decreto 200 substituted 4 to 8 years. The charged forms did not change.
Max
Prison of 4 to 8 years (as substituted)
Live statuteSupportedLY
المادة 15
قانون رقم (3) لسنة 2014 م بشأن مكافحة الإرهاب
Target
Propaganda, promotion, or deception in order to undertake a terrorist act
Test
By speech, writing, any means of broadcast or publication, or by messages or websites accessible to others. An aggravator if the promotion is inside houses of worship, among the armed forces or police, or in places allocated to those forces. The purpose clause (للقيام بالعمل الإرهابي) gates the charged form toward getting a terrorist act undertaken.
Max
Prison of 5 to 10 years; not more than 15 years if the promotion is in houses of worship or among the armed forces or police
Live statuteSupportedOMHate umbrella
المادة 108
قانون الجزاء الصادر بالمرسوم السلطاني رقم 7 / 2018
Target
Promoting religious or sectarian strife, or stirring hatred, detestation, or division among the population of the State, or inciting the same
Test
The same penalty for holding or knowingly taking part in a meeting, symposium, or conference for those purposes. Aggravator if committed in a place of worship, an official establishment, or a public venue, or by a public official in the course of work, or by a person of religious capacity.
Max
Imprisonment of 3 to 10 years (part 1)
Live statuteSupportedQAReligion (generic)
المادة 256
قانون رقم (11) لسنة 2004 بإصدار قانون العقوبات
Target
Insulting God, offending the Quran or Islam, cursing a divine religion, or insulting a prophet
Test
By word, writing, drawing, gesture, or any other means. Six numbered limbs (1–5 insult; 6 vandalism of a religious building). This is a religion-insult cell, not glorification of a terrorist act.
Max
Imprisonment not exceeding 7 years
Live statuteSupportedID
Pasal 13A
Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 2018 tentang Perubahan atas Undang-Undang Nomor 15 Tahun 2003
Target
A person who has a relationship with a terrorism organisation and intentionally spreads words, attitude, writing, or a display in order to incite another to commit violence or a threat of violence that can result in a terrorism offence
Test
Two gates: a relationship with a terrorism organisation, and purpose to incite violence or a threat of violence that can result in a terrorism offence. This is incitement, not free-floating praise.
Max
Imprisonment of not more than 5 years
Live statuteSupportedPY
art. 238
Código Penal, Ley n° 1160/1997
Target
Public apologia of a crime attempted or consummated, or of a person convicted of having committed it, in a manner apt to disturb public peace
Test
Publicly, in a meeting, or by the publications in art. 14(3). Gated on aptitude to disturb public peace. This is general crime-apologia, not a terrorism-specific cell and not incitación al odio.
Max
Custodial penalty of up to 3 years, or a fine
Live statuteSupportedHNHate umbrella
art. 213
Código Penal, Decreto n° 130-2017
Target
Public incitement to discrimination or violence against a protected group, or expressions that humiliate, belittle, or discredit such a group
Test
Directly and publicly, or through media destined for the public. Grounds are those in arts. 211–212 (ideology, religion or belief, language, ethnicity or race, national origin, indigenous or Afro-descendant people, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, gender, marital status, family or economic situation, age, illness, or disability). A one-third increase if committed by a public official in the exercise of functions.
Max
Prison of 1 to 2 years and a fine of 100 to 500 days; plus one-third if a public official
Live statuteSupportedLIListed-speech offence
§ 282a
Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), LGBl. 1988 Nr. 37
Target
Public invitation to a terrorist offence, or public approval of a terrorist offence capable of creating a risk of further such offences
Test
In a print work, radio, television, or another medium, or otherwise publicly in a way accessible to many people. Abs. 1 is invitation (Aufforderung). Abs. 2 is approval (Gutheissung) gated on suitability to bring about the danger of one or more terrorist offences. No requirement that a further offence follow.