Holocaust denial not a human right, European court rules

"Denial of the Holocaust is not a human right, a European court ruled on Thursday, throwing out a complaint by a German neo-Nazi politician.

Udo Pastoers, who served in the local parliament of the northeastern region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, was convicted in Germany in 2012 after giving a speech in 2010 in which he appeared to cast doubt on whether the Holocaust really happened.
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The ECHR judges ruled unanimously that Pastoers' complaint that freedom of expression had been violated was 'manifestly ill-founded and had to be rejected.'
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According to the ECHR, Pastoers in 2010 gave a speech to the local parliament where he stated that 'the so-called Holocaust is being used for political and commercial purposes.'

The court said his speech 'was a qualified Holocaust denial showing disdain to its victims and running counter to established historical facts.'..."