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ajsl-620	Ajogwu, Idachaba Martins	A Critical Examination of Hate Speech in Nigeria	2022	15	.pdf	application/pdf	12773	602	50	L. 1(1) 17-30, 2022 It may be interesting to note that the United States does not have hate speech laws, since American courts have repeatedly ruled that laws criminalizing hate speech violate the guarantee to freedom of speech contained in the First amendment to the United State Constitution. To grasp a better understanding of the elements that constitutes hate speech in Nigeria it is expedient that hate speech as it is understood in other national and international legal frameworks are considered, thus; The Law Commission of India describes hate speech as: “Hate speech is an expression which is likely to cause distress or offend other individuals on the basis of their association with a particular group or incite hostility towards them.	cache/ajsl-620.pdf	txt/ajsl-620.txt