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affairs, education and science and culture, which have each developed specific
programmes and plans of actions to tackle extremism.
69. The Russian Federation news agency set up an internet portal, “Russia for
everybody”, on which content is posted in the various languages of the national
diasporas present in the country.
70. The Ministry of Internal Affairs permanently monitors websites to identify
material posted by radical extremist groups promoting hatred and violence.
K.
Saudi Arabia
71. Sharia law, from which Saudi Arabia derives all its legislation, prohibits all
forms of discrimination, including racial discrimination. Article 39 of the Basic Law
of Governance prohibits violations of human rights and incitement to disorder or
discord and requires the media to educate the nation and consolidate its unity. The
establishment of groups based on racial discrimination is prohibited.
72. After acceding to the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1997, Saudi Arabia amended certain laws so as to
prescribe severe penalties for denigrating the dignity of others. The Press and
Publications Act, as amended by a royal decree in July 2001, criminalizes any
disparagement of reputation or dignity, denigration or vilification of any person,
incitement to bigotry and propagation of discord among citizens. The amendment to
the Repression of Cybercrime Act, promulgated under the terms of a decision of the
Council of Ministers in March 2007, prohibits defamation or harming of others
through various information technology systems.
73. Saudi Arabia has acceded to the International Labour Organization Convention
concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal
Value (Convention No. 100) and the International Labour Organization Convention
concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (Convention
No. 111).
74. Saudi Arabia has applied the international norms for the elimination of racial
discrimination and xenophobia found in the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action and in the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference.
75. Tolerance is promoted by the Human Rights Commission through the
educational system and mass media in accordance with the framework of the
programme for the promotion of a human rights culture.
76. A directive issued in 2011 by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments,
Da`wah and Guidance prohibits imams or preachers from attacking persons or
religious communities in their sermons. As a result, the Ministry has dismissed
imams and preachers whose sermons contained incitement to hatred or any form of
discrimination.
L.
Serbia
77. The Government referenced an act banning manifestations by neo-Nazi or
fascist organizations and associations and the display of neo-Nazi or fascist symbols
and paraphernalia. The legislation prohibits all public discourse, acts, propaganda
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