Holocaust Denial Not Protected by Human-Rights Law, Court Says
- Man’s conviction for hate speech, defamation of Jews was fair
- Freedom of expression, right to fair trial not violated: ECHR
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Denying that the Holocaust ever happened isn’t a form of freedom of expression protected under the European Human Rights Convention, a top court has ruled in a case that stretches back nearly a decade.
Udo Pastoers, a German who suggested in a 2010 speech that the Holocaust never occurred, was fairly convicted under the country’s laws against the intentional defamation of Jewish people, the European Court of Human Rights ruled while rejecting his complaints.