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ホロコースト否定でスペイン逃亡のライターがオーストリアで18ヶ月の禁固刑
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5348045.html
Dec. 3, 2007, 1:57PM
Author jailed for Holocaust denial
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Austria -- A right-wing Austrian writer who fled to Spain after being convicted on Holocaust denial charges 15 years ago must serve his 18-month sentence, Vienna's highest court said Monday.
Gerd Honsik, 67, must serve out the sentence handed down in 1992, the court said, rejecting his plea for leniency because of his age and a kidney ailment. However, the court also turned down a prosecution request to make the former fugitive serve even more time.
Vienna's public prosecutor's office said Honsik still faced possible charges for alleged neo-Nazi activities carried out during his exile in Spain, which could boost his time behind bars.
Investigators said a decision on whether to charge Honsik for articles he published in print and online in Spain could come later this month.
Honsik was captured in southern Spain in August and extradited in October. He fled after being convicted of denying the existence of the Holocaust and claiming the Nazis never used gas chambers ﾑ grounds for criminal prosecution in Austria.
The charges stemmed from writings that defended Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Between 1986 and 1989, Honsik published writings disputing that the Nazis killed 6 million Jews during World War II. Among his books is one titled "Acquittal for Hitler?"
Austria's law making it a crime to deny the Holocaust or promote Nazi propaganda applies to "whoever denies, grossly plays down, approves or tries to excuse the National Socialist genocide or other National Socialist crimes against humanity in a print publication, in broadcast or other media."
The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
British author David Irving was convicted under the law in February 2006 and sentenced to three years in prison. He served 13 months and was released in December 2006 on probation.
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