Neo-Nazi to serve time for Holocaust denial
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Ernst Zundel and the Politics of ‘Gotcha’
On January 24, 2007, I was arguing before three judges in Cincinnati, on behalf of my German-born client Ernst Zundel and his wife Ingrid Rimland Zundel, when a curious thing happened.
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Croatian authorities investigate Hitler sugar packets
Authorities in Croatia began an investigation yesterday into the production and distribution of sugar packets bearing the likeness of Adolf Hitler and Holocaust jokes, following a request by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem.
EU aims to criminalise Holocaust denial
Laws that make denying or trivialising the Holocaust a criminal offence punishable by jail sentences will be introduced across the European Union, according to a proposal expecting to win backing from ministers Thursday.
How do French author Georges Theil’s court cases stand?
As is known, our friend Georges Theil has received some heavy sentences — in Limoges (2005) and in Lyon (2006) — in two cases of “overt revisionism.” A resident of Grenoble, he is a retired senior executive of a large state corporation; from 1998 to 2004 he served as an elected official in Rhöne-Alpes Regional Council.
French Justice, Justice on its Back
- Three new examples of how “Justice lies down in the conqueror’s bed.”
German Holocaust denier jailed for 30 months
Mannheim, Germany (dpa) — A 42-year-old German neo-Nazi who claims the Holocaust never happened was jailed for 30 months by a court in the south-western city of Mannheim.
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Not so free in Germany
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I am joining an international boycott of German goods because of that country’s drift away from fundamental freedoms.
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Holocaust inquiry is a threat to national security
German court sentences Ernst Zundel to 5 years in prison for Holocaust denial Continue reading
The French anti-revisionist law
The French anti-revisionist law dates from July 13, 1990. It is known by various names: “Gayssot law,” “Fabius-Gayssot law,” “Faurisson law,” “lex Faurissonia,” or “article 24bis” (of the law of July 29, 1881, on press freedom). It provides for a prison sentence of up to a year as well as a maximum fine of €45,000 for anyone who publicly disputes the reality of one or more “crimes against humanity” as defined and ruled on, essentially, by the International Military Tribunal of Nuremberg in 1945-1946. In addition to the prison sentence and fine there can be an order to pay damages to Jewish or other associations as well as the heavy costs of having the decision published in the media: finally, the courts may order the confiscation of any work material, along with books and papers, seized by the police.
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