prosecutes in English

verb
1
institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
they were prosecuted for obstructing the highway
2
continue with (a course of action) with a view to its completion.
a serious threat to the government's ability to prosecute the war
verb

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1. The law forbids and prosecutes all actions aimed at ethnic, racial or religious hatred and incitement to discrimination.