Legal Document/ MIRH/ 13 DEC 2021
In this Proclamation unless the context otherwise requires:
- “Speech” means the act of disseminating of information verbally, textually, graphically or by other means;
- “Hate speech” means speech that deliberately promotes hatred, discrimination or attack against a person or an discernable group of identity , based on ethnicity, religion, race, gender or disability;
- “Disinformation” means speech that is false, is disseminated by a person who knew or should reasonably have known the falsity of the information and is highly likely to cause a public disturbance, riot, violence or conflict;
- “Broadcasting” means radio or television transmission;
- “Discrimination” means any act of denying including legally accepted and attack against a person or a group based on ethnicity, religion, gender or disability;
- “Violence” means any injury of property, body or life against on an individual or a group of people;
Frequency: 2 issues per year
Launched: March 23, 2020
Open access: yes
Languages: English, Amharic
Genres: Research article, Legal document
Publisher: Federal Negarit Gazeta
Venue of publication: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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