J.K. Rowling will not face action under Scottish hate crime laws, police say

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J.K. Rowling will not face action under Scottish hate crime laws, police say
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Rowling tested the law by listing 10 trans women, including a convicted rapist, sex abusers and high profile activists, on X and saying they were men

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She was backed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said people should not be criminalized for saying “common sense” things about biological sex.“The comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken,” a spokesperson said. Women are not protected as a group, but the Scottish National Party-led government in Edinburgh is looking at separate reforms to target misogyny.

. “I’m currently out of the country, but if what I’ve written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.” Sunak said Britain had a proud tradition of free speech and that the new law had given the police the wrong priorities.

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