The hatred speech bill "will not go beyond common sense," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday. As he stated, “not everything that is unfavorable or critical is immediately a speech of hatred.” He added, however, that we must "eliminate the speech of hatred that harms people and takes distant their fundamental rights."
During the Tuesday press conference, the head of government was asked to amend the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to the usage of force or illegal threats, incitement to hatred and insulting a group of people or a single person.
"I very much want the bill to be adequate to the real state of threats and not to go beyond the framework of common sense", the Prime Minister stressed. "Sometimes we like to overdo it with limiting freedom of speech or punishing authors. Not everything that is unfavorable or critical is immediately a speech of hatred. I very much want there to be no mixing these 2 orders here," he said.
As he pointed out, "we want to be very precise so that the debate on this bill and the law itself does not turn against possible victims".
"It's not like it's any kind of political or ideological manifesto—left, right or anything else. We want to destruct the speech of hatred that truly hurts people and takes distant their fundamental rights, and is not an explication of ideas.... Therefore, we are looking for the best possible records," said the head of government. "I proposed that this law be adequate to what is simply a European requirement," he added.
He stated that "as a substance of fact, this bill will be as we have pre-prepared it and will defend all who are victims of hatred speech, regardless of why they are being attacked."
He pointed out that North America has always been more in favour of maximum freedom of speech, but in European tradition there is simply a greater willingness to restrict freedom erstwhile it accords dignity or someone's rights.
Draft amendment of the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to the usage of force or illegal threats, incitement to hatred and insulting a group of people or a single person. These provisions now mention as the grounds for specified hatred by the perpetrator of the ‘national, ethnic, racial, political, spiritual or non-religious affiliation’ of the victim.
The bill went to the codification committee in the Ministry of Justice.
The head of MS Adam Bodnar announced in July in an interview at RMF FM, among others, the relaxation of penalties in relation to the first project. He pointed out that "the penalties that were provided for are rather restrictive due to the fact that they only supply for imprisonment". "In agreement with the codification committee on criminal law, we will propose an amendment to punish, restrict and incarcerate," Bodnar announced.
The fresh law is expected to include further categories covered by peculiar regulations. It is gender, sexual orientation, sex identity, age and disability.
In the assessment of conservative environments, the bill will be easy applied as a proverbial "stick" to those who disagree with left-wing ideology, especially in the LGBT issue.
Sources: PAP 
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