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by rgblambda 209 days ago
If there has been a rise in the amount of harassment due to the pandemic, then why have actual convictions dropped compared to before the pandemic. I refer to the graph of convictions per year in the HoL report linked above.

>But you just said we don't know, because offence type is not provided?

If someone is arrested but not convicted, we must presume innocence. "Legal speech" isn't a type of offence.