Rejected petition: Make giving death threats over politics a criminal offence
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So many brave people standing up for this country have been presented with death threats and an assassination like that of the late Charlie Kirk's. We should stop this as it is a threat to our people and a threat to our democracy. Politicians such as Rupert Lowe have been faced with this, vile.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
It is already an offence to make "threats to kill" under s16 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861, and death threats may also be prosecuted under other legislation, for instance s181 of the Online Safety Act 2023 "Threatening communications offence".
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