Elderly German Lady sentenced to 10 months in prison for doubting Auschwitz

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Germany's suite of personal freedoms is comparable to that of Canada or the U.S. (I note that Canada has speech-restriction laws that would not be allowed in the U.S.).

Given that Nazism killed half their male population, destroyed their country, and got the carcass split up into four parts and occupied for half a century, I think a little extra sensitivity on the subject is tolerable.
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Yes, considering the deep abyss that the NAZIs plunged Germany in to, it is no wonder that they will suspend their right to free speech for such a special case. There are limits to everything, I suppose and our own freedoms are never completely open ended.
 
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Release: OCLA Denounces the Hate Speech Criminal Prosecution of Arthur Topham

(Ottawa, November 9, 2015) – The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) denounces the criminal prosecution of Mr. Arthur Topham taking place in Quesnel, BC.
Mr. Topham is on trial for charges under the “hate speech” provisions of Canada’s Criminal Code (s. 319(2)). The Crown is expected to make its closing statements today.
These provisions criminalize belief, opinion, and expression of one’s beliefs and opinions, and are incompatible with the universal principle of free debate in a democracy.
No person should ever be subjected to a criminal prosecution without the state having the onus to show actual harm to a person and intent to produce the actual harm, beyond a reasonable doubt.


Release: OCLA Denounces the Hate Speech Criminal Prosecution of Arthur Topham | OCLA
 
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