The Hungarian Parliament passed a stricter hate-speech law. By a vote of 84 to 80 last week, lawmakers approved the measure, which sets jail terms at up to two years for those convicted of violating the law. Hungary’s president, who must sign the bill for it to become law, said he might submit it to the country’s Constitutional Court.
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