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Bolivia
"It has not been necessary to take any such steps because no incidents of
the kind mentioned have occurred."
"We have not had any expressions of extremist or fanatical opinions which
may lead to religious intransigence or intolerance."
Burkina Faso
In its reply, the Government did not refer specifically to this question,
but it stated the following:
"with regard to fundamentalism and religious intolerance, Burkina Faso
welcomes the fact that these extremist forms of expression have not found
favour in its territory."
Canada
"In Canada there are a number of restrictions on the expression of
opinions which might lead to religious intransigence or intolerance.
Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits communication by
telephone of any matter that is likely to expose persons to hatred or contempt
on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination. In
Taylor et al. v. Canadian Human Rights Commission, (1987) 3 F.C. 593 the
Federal Court of Appeal held that this provision did not violate section 2(b)
of the [Canadian] Charter [of Rights and Freedoms], which guarantees freedom
of expression.
Section 319 of the Criminal Code prohibits the wilful promotion of hatred
against an identifiable group. In R. v. Keecrstra (13 December, 1990) the
Supreme Court of Canada held that this type of communication came within the
scope of freedom of expression in section 2(b) of the Charter, but that the
restriction upon it was a reasonable limit within the terms of section 1 of
the Charter. Therefore the provision was constitutionally valid.
Furthermore, the Radio Regulations, 1986 and the Television Broadcasting
Regulations, 1987 prohibit the broadcast of any abusive comment or pictorial
representation that tends to expose an individual or group on the basis of a
number of characteristics including religion."
Cyprus
"There has been no need for taking any such steps."
Egypt
"The Egyptian Constitution guarantees freedom of opinion, expression and
publication within the limits of the law and any steps that are taken to
prevent the expression of extremist opinion are regulated by the provisions of
the law and the Constitution when expression of opinion exceeds the limits and