Australia passes tough hate crime laws with mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes

Sydney-Australia on Thursday passed harsh anti-hatred crime laws, including exhibitions of minimal punishments and hate symbols for terrorist offenses, which to deal with the recent increase in hatred –

The minimum prison sentence for hate crimes will be imposed between 12 months, such as saluting the Nazis in the public, and six years for those who commit terrorist crimes.

“I want those who are engaged in enmity to be accused, to be charged, imprisoned for accounting,” Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz, who initially for hate crimes But he opposed the minimum sentence, told Sky News.

The government’s hate crime bill was introduced in Parliament last year, which led to the status of people’s race, religion, nationality, national or ethnic, political opinion, sexual orientation, sexual orientation, gender identity and interceptions. Based on the basis, new crimes were created to threaten force or violence against people. .

In recent months, attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars of Jewish community people across the country have seen an increase, including a list of Jewish targets in Sydney.

The right opposition from the center has criticized Albanian because it is weak in crime and has failed to overcome the rise of hatred.

The Liberal National Alliance last month demanded the inclusion of minimal sentences in the hate crime bill.

Interior Minister Tony Berke, who introduced amendments to delayed provisions on Wednesday, said the changes are “the toughest rules of Australia against hate crimes”.

The state of New South Wales, where most of the anti -attacks, have been facing, said Wednesday that it will also reinforce its hate speech rules to reflect those already in Western Australia and Victoria.

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