Member

When legislating, we need to be very watchful to ensure that we do not draw the net too wide and criminalise acts that do not justify being criminalised. The acts of members or supporters of the ANC directed at upholders of the apartheid regime, even in this country, might have been said to glorify terrorism. In another contemporary context, there are many Iranians in the United Kingdom—there may be Iranian members of the regime—glorifying acts directed in favour of those who are protesting against and reacting to the brutality of the, frankly, murderous Iranian regime. Glorification of them may be wrong; nevertheless, should speaking in support of them be criminalised, and criminalised for an indefinite period when they may, in the future, be regarded as freedom fighters?