Public service entities, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and academics have adopted a joint statement that warns of increased extremism and radicalisation in Slovak society. It highlighted the rise of hate-driven speeches on the Internet and several cases that even escalated into physical assaults in public. According to the Interior Ministry there is no place for hate speech motivated by racial, ethnic or religious intolerance in this country and thus the ministry has presented a plan to create a working group that will deal with such demonstrated hate on the Internet. It should draw up measures that will improve cooperation between the state and civil society in this field.
Mojmir Prochazka, Photo: TASR
