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double standards: germany prosecutes anti-semite for "denying" the halocaust

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nibs:
this man was extradited from canada so that he can stand trial for making anti-semetic remarks and denying the halocaust.  simply denying the halocaust is a crime in germany.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=6e30fbc2-e83e-496a-9611-20435c900dc0&k=19973

choice quotes:

--- Quote ---MANNHEIM, Germany (AP) - Ernst Zundel, a German white supremacist extradited from Canada on accusations he repeatedly denied the Holocaust, returned to court Thursday to face charges of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead.
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he faces up to five years in prison:

--- Quote ---German authorities accuse Zundel of decades of anti-Semitic activities, including repeated denials of the Holocaust - a crime in his native Germany and some other European countries - in documents and on the Internet.
Zundel, 66, who once lived in Tennessee and was deported from Canada last year, faces a maximum five years in jail if convicted.
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this is not an isolated incident:


--- Quote ---The International Auschwitz Committee has said survivors of the death camp see the trial as an important part of the campaign against Holocaust deniers.
Two prominent deniers were recently detained in Europe - British historian David Irving, who is in Austrian custody, and Germar Rudolf, who was deported back to his native Germany from the United States.
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apparently zundel is not protected by free speech:

--- Quote ---Zundel and his supporters argue that he is a peaceful campaigner denied his right to free speech and view his trial as a chance to attack alleged Western double standards and promote their views.
<snip>
They have also seized on how European newspaper editors have invoked the right to free speech to defend the publication of provocative caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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why aren't the muslims shown a comparable level of respect?

virtuoso:
mate, no one should be shown this "respect" but i understand what your saying its also illegal in austria switzerland france and britain is actively engaging in make it wholly illegal also. Two other points what people don't realise is he has good jewish friends in fact the co historian revionist is himself jewish, in addition i read in an interview with him that there have been 3 attempts on his life and constant threats against his family, i have seen recent pictures of him, he is a broken man

J @ M @ L:
I'm right again.

big mat:
but maybe it didn't happen, maybe they created all this bullshit in studios and shit, juste like they did when they said they walked on the moon and we all know these are false photographies that were taken in nevada's cavern. And just like the ufos in roswell and all this bullshit

coola:

--- Quote from: Bad Boy Killer on February 10, 2006, 10:41:23 PM ---but maybe it didn't happen, maybe they created all this bullshit in studios and shit, juste like they did when they said they walked on the moon and we all know these are false photographies that were taken in nevada's cavern. And just like the ufos in roswell and all this bullshit

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so our grandparents stories are fake too ? all the concentration camps in Poland are fake ? get a fucking life and stop worrying about conspiracies...

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