| Dutch Liberal leader: Holocaust Denial should Not be Crime 29/05/2009 20:53:00 | ||
| Holocaust denial should not be a crime in the Netherlands, the leader of the Dutch liberal party said on Wednesday.Mark Rutte, head of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), said Dutch law should instead only prosecute people who incite others to commit violence, not when they incite people to hatred.Claiming the Holocaust did not occur “should be possible” in the Netherlands, Rutte added.Reacting to Rutte’s remarks, public prosecutor spokesman Evert Boerstra said: “Offensive remarks, such as Holocaust denial, are only punishable by Dutch law if it equals discrimination of a particular group, in this case the Jews.”Then such remarks fall under the prohibition against discrimination,” he added.The liberal VVD party also revealed it will present a bill to parliament proposing to abolish all restrictions to the freedom of expression in the Netherlands.”Indirect offences – for example if I make a remark about your jacket which you perceive as a personal offence – should not fall under the prohibition against incitement,” Rutte said. |
Dutch Liberal leader: Holocaust Denial should Not be Crime
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