A German federal court has rejected an appeal by far-right activist Ernst Zundel against his incitement conviction for denying the Holocaust, which resulted in a five-year prison sentence.
Zundel, who was deported from Canada in 2005, was convicted by a Mannheim court in February on 14 counts of incitement for years of anti-Semitic activities, including denying the Holocaust – a crime in Germany – in documents and on the Internet.
The court handed him the maximum five-year sentence.
The Federal Court of Justice said Monday it had thrown out Zundel’s appeal in a Sept. 12 ruling.
Zundel and his supporters have argued that he was a peaceful campaigner being denied his right to free speech.
Source:
http://cnews.canoe.ca
Date: September 17, 2007
