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MPs criminalise Holocaust denial

Tue, Mar 02 2010 16:27 CET

byRobert Hodgson - The Budapest Times

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MPs criminalise Holocaust denial

Austrian Holocaust denier Gerd Honsik wearing handcuffs arrives for his appeal trial in court in Vienna March 1 2010.

Parliament voted to make Holocaust denial a criminal offence last Monday during the last plenary session before the general elections in April. Anyone who denies the gravity of crimes committed against European Jewry during the Second World War will be liable to up to three years’ imprisonment under the new legislation, which is due to come into effect 30 days after it was passed.

The new law is subject to review by Hungarian President László Sólyom, who has the power to return legislation to parliament for reconsideration, which means it could potentially face a second vote under a new parliament.

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