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Stephen Fry Is Getting Investigated For ‘Blasphemy’ In Ireland For Comments From 2015

ISSUES Posted: May 7, 2017 11:00 am

The person who made the complaint said, “I simply believed that the comments made by Fry on RTÉ were criminal blasphemy and that I was doing my civic duty by reporting a crime.” Turns out that “Under Ireland’s Defamation Act 2009 a person who publishes or utters blasphemous material ‘shall be guilty of an offence.’ A conviction can lead to a fine of up to €25,000.”

ISSUES Published: 05.06.17

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 05.06.17

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