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New Press Law in Brazil Seeks to Curb Incitement to Racial Hatred

January 4, 1967
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Heavy penalties for incitement to racial hatred will be meted out to offenders, according to the new press law which was introduced by the Government into the Brazilian National Congress today.

According to a clause in the new bill, publications whose publishers or editors are found guilty of a second offense in incitement to race hatred will be closed down. Another provision of the new press bill requires that the publisher or responsible editor of a periodical be Brazilian-born. A similar provision has been part of existing law for some time.

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