The government says it will pass a new law on hate speech to counter this. But around the world, laws criminalizing hate speech have been often and easily abused – and there are other options. It is encouraging that Ethiopia’s government says hate speech must be addressed. What Ethiopia needs is a comprehensive new strategy – one that even a carefully drawn hate speech law should only be one small part of. The prime minister and other public figures could also speak out regularly and openly about the dangers of hate speech.

Source: Ethiopian News December 03, 2018 19:41 UTC