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Rishi Sunak backs JK Rowling after attack on hate crime law

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The Tory Prime Minister said that Rowling was 'stating simple facts on biology' and that she 'should not be criminalised' for doing so.

Rishi Sunak has backed JK Rowling after the author launched a blistering attack on Scotland's new hate crime law.

The multi-millionaire author - a frequent critic of the Scottish Government's stance on transgender rights - warned the legislation was "wide open to abuse". The Hate Crime and Public Order Act consolidates existing hate crime legislation and creating a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics.

In a series of messages shared with her 14 million followers on social media, Rowling said: "Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

 

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