Aleksandr V. Sokolov, a member of Russia's Public Chamber, said in a statement posted late Friday on the chamber's Web site that the governor's comments amounted to incitement of interethnic hatred, a criminal charge punishable by up to two years in prison.
I am uncertain whether MacKenzie's column does amount to incitement, although it is hateful.
Ford said: "There are certainly people who have been posting messages on social media which amount to incitement to hatred, incitement to commit criminal offences such as arson and that is being monitored [by the police service].
I am aware that this section requires some intention but given the scale of the tragedy currently unfolding, the likelihood some some of these migrants may already be in the UK having fled during previous months or likely to land here in due course these comments can amount to incitement to racial hatred.
The logical conclusion is that they seem to condone what amounts to incitement to hatred of Copts.
I am sure that a good barrister representing the world's tigers might relish the opportunity to cross-examine Jeremy Clarkson over his article, Stuff the tiger - long live extinction, which amounts to incitement to "manslaughter", if not murder, of big cats, in my view.
Strength of feeling against Mr Rushdie was expressed yesterday by some leaders of Britain's Muslim community in comments which several Conservative MPs claimed amounted to incitement to murder.
I doubt very much that Khomeini or anyone else in Iran has read the book or more than selected extracts out of context.' Strength of feeling against Mr Rushdie was expressed yesterday by some leaders of Britain's Muslim community in comments which several Conservative MPs claimed amounted to incitement to murder.
For Palestinians, Mr. Elon's message amounts to incitement.
After the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a statement, on August 18th, saying that Duterte's war on drugs amounted to "incitement to violence and killing, a crime under international law,'' he threatened to withdraw the Philippines from the U.N. and start a new global organization with China.
