General News of Thursday, 25 August 2016Source: classfmonline.comComments of Montie 3 'hate speech' – Elizabeth OheneVeteran broadcaster Elizabeth OheneVeteran broadcaster Elizabeth Ohene has said the comments made by the Montie 3 for which they were jailed for four months do not constitute free speech but rather hate speech. However, speaking at a symposium in Accra, Ms. Ohene argued that comments to kill were more of hate speech than free expression of one’s opinion. “There is one section of it I can tell you without reference to any law that there are things that cannot be measured as freedom of speech and a terminology has been developed for it; it is called hate speech. Threats of killing somebody or raping somebody do not constitute freedom of speech, they do not. Let us not delude ourselves that we will be trying to protect anything called freedom of speech by threatening whether it is Elizabeth Ohene or judges of the Supreme Court.

Source: GhanaWeb August 25, 2016 08:15 UTC