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Argentine lawmaker indicted over anti-Israel social media posts, in a first

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An Argentine lawmaker, Vanina Biasi of the Workers' Party, has been indicted on criminal charges for social media posts comparing Israel to the Nazi regime and calling it a 'genocide state.' This marks the first time a sitting legislator in Argentina has been indicted for antisemitism, and the first legal recognition of social media posts demonizing Israel as antisemitic in the country. The case centers on eight tweets posted between late 2023 and early 2024, which a federal judge ruled went beyond free speech and constituted hate speech under Argentina's Anti-Discrimination Law. The indictment and asset seizure were upheld by the Federal Chamber, which found that Biasi's posts incited hatred against Jews and exceeded the limits of allowable expression. The case has sparked debate in Argentina over the boundaries of free speech and the government's aggressive stance against antisemitism, with some supporting the prosecution and others viewing it as an infringement on political expression.

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