There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By CODOH ∙ May 23, 2008
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell American professor and outspoken critic of Israel policy, Norman Finkelstein has been arrested in Israel. Finkelstein arrived at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv to visit the Occupied Territories. He was immediately detained and told that he is banned from Israel on “security” grounds according…
By Paul Grubach ∙ February 8, 2008
Ambassador Pierre VimontEmbassy of France in the United States4101 Reservoir Road, NWWashington, D. C. 20007 February 8, 2008 Dear Ambassador Vimont, As you are undoubtedly aware by now, Holocaust revisionist scholar Dr. Robert Faurisson will probably stand trial for comments he made at the Iran Holocaust Conference of December 2006. Allegedly, he violated France’s Gayssot…
By Paul Grubach ∙ January 21, 2008
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By CODOH ∙ January 19, 2008
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell An Austrian court has sentenced Wolfgang Fröhlich, a former city councilor to four years in prison for Holocaust denial, adding another two-and-a-half years of a previous suspended sentence. Fröhlich pleaded “absolutely not guilty.” He had already served 23 months behind bars since 2003 and was quite…
By Paul Grubach ∙ January 15, 2008
Ambassador Pierre VimontEmbassy of France in the United States4101 Reservoir Road, NWWashington, D. C. 20007 January 15, 2008 Dear Ambassador Vimont, It has been reported that revisionist historian Robert Faurisson will face trial on charges that he made statements at the Iran Holocaust Conference in December 2006, which cast doubt on the so-called Jewish Holocaust….
By CODOH ∙ January 14, 2008
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Georges Theil has been denied the option of electronic tagging for thoughtcrimes in France. He has had his sentence of imprisonment confirmed. The decision of January 8, 2008 concerning the implementation of the 6-month prison sentence for Georges Theil (author of the book Heresy in 20th…
By CODOH ∙ January 14, 2008
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Sylvia Stolz, the former attorney for Ernst Zündel, has been convicted for Holocaust denial in the once democratic Germany. Shockingly, Stolz, who was hired to defend Zündel, who has been imprisoned in Germany for Holocaust denial now finds herself sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison….
By Frederic Freeman ∙ January 1, 2008
Introduction For many, the phrase “going underground” conjures up images of anti-establishment sub-cultures. Oftentimes, we think of groups or individuals “going underground” when their thoughts or ideas have resulted in persecution in mainstream society. Fyodor Dostoevsky utilized the term in his story, Notes from Underground his all-out assault on Enlightenment rationalism. Others may think of…
By Georges M. Theil ∙ December 18, 2007
Georges Theil and barrister Eric Delcroix before the judge in charge of implementation of sentences (Juge d'application des peines) in Grenoble on December 18, 2007 Today Georges Theil, accompanied by his barrister, Eric Delcroix, answered the summons of the “Juge d'application des peines” in Grenoble concerning Mr Theil's six month prison sentence handed down by…
By CODOH ∙ December 14, 2007
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Prosecutors have demanded that Jean-Marie Le Pen should be given a five-month suspended prison sentence and a 10,000 euro fine for saying that the Nazi occupation of France was “not particularly inhumane.” LePen is a French right-wing nationalist politician and the founder and president of the…
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