Romania: President Challenges Hate Speech Bill

Romania: President Challenges Hate Speech Bill

BUCHAREST, July 11 (Reuters) - A Romanian Jewish legislator said he would return his national order of merit on Friday in protest after the centrist president challenged a bill seeking harsher punishment for antisemitism and hate speech in the country's top court.Romania's parliament updated existing legislation outlawing the celebration of fascist leaders or imagery in June at the proposal of Jewish lawmaker Silviu Vexler, introducing prison se…