Rejected petition Make it law that the citizens of the UK have freedom of speech

There is an alarming rate of censorship in the UK now. For example the government is using "hate speech" as an excuse to silence the people

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Action unclear

Freedom of expression is already guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention, which was adopted into UK law through the Human Rights Act 1998.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 2 February 2017
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