Application Number 36773/97 European Commission of Human Rights The applicant argued that his freedom of expression had been violated after he was sentenced to imprisonment and a fine for statements made in a periodical on which he was head of the editorial staff. The statements minimized and denied the atrocities of the Nazis. The EComHR […]
Application Number 25062/94 European Commission of Human Rights The applicant wrote articles in a periodical which denied the existence of gas chambers and the mass extermination of the victims of the Holocaust. The EComHR found that this was not protected speech, rendering the application manifestly ill-founded. Link: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22dmdocnumber%22:[%22666524%22],%22itemid%22:[%22001-2362%22]} Theme(s): Genocide Denial (Holocaust) Date: 18 October […]
B.H., M.W., H.P. and G.K. v. AUSTRIA Application Number 12774/87 European Commission of Human Rights The applicants belonged to the Neo-Nazi party ‘Aktion Neue Rechte.’ They were convicted under the National Prohibition Act and given conditional prison sentences. The EComHR explained that given the history of Austria and the convention, this was legitimate under Article […]