Rishi Sunak supported J.K. Rowling, who may have violated the law on the prevention of hatred in Scotland by calling transgender women men. The British Prime Minister said that his party would "always defend freedom of speech" and noted that people should not be persecuted "for stating simple facts about biology.
This was reported by UNN with reference to The Daily Telegraph.
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling after the writer challenged Scottish police who used Scotland's new hate crime laws to arrest her for her views on transgender issues.
Rowling said she was looking forward to being arrested after the new law came into effect. She also described a number of transgender women as men.
"Just kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets are not women at all, but men, every single one of them. In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed more importance on the feelings of men who embody their idea of femininity, even in a misogynistic or opportunistic way, than on the rights and freedoms of real women and girls," the post reads.
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She also said: "Freedom of speech and belief in Scotland is over if accurate description of biological sex is criminalized.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom supported Rowling, saying that the Conservatives would always defend freedom of speech.
"People should not be criminalized for stating simple facts about biology. We believe in freedom of speech in this country, and conservatives will always defend it," said Rishi Sunak.
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On April 1, the Scottish government enacted the Hate Crime and Public Order Act.
The law was supported by almost all SNP and Labor MPs and was passed three years ago, but its implementation was postponed because law enforcement officials were not ready to cope with the expected consequences of its implementation. The Scottish police said they needed time to train, with a third of officers still not having completed the two-hour course, the Telegraph reports.
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