ThoughtCrime: 10/03/06
Faurisson convicted of Holocaust denial in France
PARIS-- Professor Robert Faurisson
has been convicted of Holocaust denial by a Paris court
over remarks he made on Iranian television.
Faurisson, 77, is widely known as his Holocaust revisionist views and
writings. Faurisson was given a
three month suspended prison term and also fined 7,500 euros. In addition he must pay
1 euro in damages to each of the three
organizations that brought charges against him, and 1500 euros in legal
expenses to each.
Professor Faurisson before the
French Tribunal
Faurisson's sentence was the result of a July 11 trial in which
charges were made for his having spoken on the Sahar 1 Iranian satellite channel in February
2005. During Faurisson's comments on Iranian television, he said "there was never a single execution gas chamber
under the Germans." Ironically, the French government has
added additional proof to Iranian
President Ahmadinejad's claim
that the West often imprisons those who try to perform research
on the Holocaust. Surely this point was not missed in Iran.
Faurisson was found guilty of "complicity in contesting the existence
of a crime against humanity."
It is the fifth time that Faurisson is condemned for the same
offence.
Patrick Gaubert, president of LICRA, the French league
against racism and anti-Semitism, welcomed the court decision.
"This gives proof that he says lies. But I am not satisfied with
the three months suspended prison term as he is a recidivist," he
added.
Faurisson plans to appeal this sentence.
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