A mock trial staged to highlight racially aggravated hate crimes has caused some to question if Scottish authorities are readying a newly-enacted yet still-dormant hate crime law, which has been described as the most “illiberal and censorious bill in any liberal democracy in the world.”
While not explicit, a mock trial could be seen as a practice run for the Hate Crime and Public Order Act, which has been called “vague,” “censorious,” and “Orwellian” by a broad range of free speech groups.
