07/07/2023
This is blatant Violation of Vienna convention!
Khalistani have put this poster right outside Bharat Mata Mandir, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Is this freedom of expression/speech? Isn’t right to express restricted by Hate speech, obscenity, and defamation?
Freedom of expression in Canada is not absolute; section 1 of the Charter allows the government to pass laws that limit free expression so long as the limits are "reasonable and can be justified in a free and democratic society". Apart from this, Limits on speech were incorporated in the criminal code in relation to treason, sedition, blasphemous and defamatory libel, disruption of religious worship, hate propaganda, spreading false news, public mischief, obscenity, indecency and other forms.
"Defamatory libel" is a criminal offence under the Criminal Code. Subsection 298(1) defines defamatory libel as "a matter published, without lawful justification or excuse, that is likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or that is designed to insult the person of or concerning whom it is published." Section 300 prohibits the publication of defamatory libels that the publisher "knows is false."
This is defamation that exposes Indian diplomats to hatred. THIS IS NOT FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
This group of Khalistani is responsible for disruption of Hindu Religious places. By-laws must be passed to prevent this from escalating further. THIS IS NOT RIGHT TO EXPRESS.
Indian diaspora must unite and debunk these unsocial elements! Ban KHALISTANI ACTIVITIES on Canadian Soil.
