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Holocaust denier David Irving in an Austrian court Wednesday. (Reuters)
Last update - 17:30 20/12/2006
Judge who freed Holocaust denier Irving has close ties to far-rightist Haider
By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters

The Austrian judge who ruled in favor of the early release of British Holocaust denier David Irving from jail is considered to be a supporter of Jorg Heider's rightist Austrian Freedom Party, the Austrian news agency APA reported on Wednesday.

When Haider's party was a coalition member, judge Ernest Mauer was appointed as member of the Austrian Broadcasting authority Osterriechischer Rudfunk.

The controversial historian was set to leave Austria after winning an appeal on Wednesday against a three-year prison sentence for denying the Holocaust, his lawyer said.

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Following his conviction in February for denying the Nazis' organized the mass murder of 6 million Jews, Irving had appealed for a reduced sentence while the prosecutor wanted a longer one.

Irving has been in jail since his arrest in November 2005 on a visit to Austria, which was part of Germany's Third Reich from 1938 to 1945.

The Vienna court ruled his sentence should be changed from a jail term to probation and that Irving was free to leave.

"He is free, and he can leave, and he will leave," said his lawyer Herbert Schaller.

Austria had issued an arrest warrant for Irving in 1989 for denying the Holocaust in lectures and in a press interview he gave the same year.

Denying the Holocaust in Austria, which provided a significant number of top Nazi leaders including Adolf Hitler, is a crime punishable by up to 10years in prison.

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  1.   Up the History Police!! 13:57  |  Natallie Durson 20/12/06
  2.   Mr. Irving has already received a full professorship at Teheran.. 14:07  |  Nadav 20/12/06
  3.   I don`t like the man, but jailing someone for an opinion is moron 14:56  |  Matt 20/12/06
  4.   #1, Natallie 14:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/12/06
  5.   #1 so the antisemite Irving is a victim of antisemitism? 15:02  |  Hastaroth 20/12/06
  6.   Good news 15:04  |  Stephen Murray 20/12/06
  7.   Freedom Of Expression 15:08  |  Gul Sher 20/12/06
  8.   David Irving 15:08  |  Yosemite Sam 20/12/06
  9.   Abu Mazen has a PhD in Shoa Denial - he should be castrated! 15:11  |  Moshe 20/12/06
  10.   Good Job? 15:22  |  Joe 20/12/06
  11.   Selective freedom of speech 15:31  |  G-Man 20/12/06
  12.   Natalie Durston#1 15:33  |  Vivien 20/12/06
  13.   if i had a face like that i wouldn`t be a happy camper either 15:41  |  paul 20/12/06
  14.   #9: Question to Haaretz 15:46  |  Stephen Murray 20/12/06
  15.   David Irving might be a jerk, 15:55  |  Richard 20/12/06
  16.   Moshe # 9 15:58  |  Choni Davidowitz 20/12/06
  17.   HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN JAILED IN THE 1ST PLACE... 16:11  |  Jeremy 20/12/06
  18.   One of those things you know is wrong but still glad it happened 16:11  |  Dave 20/12/06
  19.   denying the truth 16:22  |  TAZ 20/12/06
  20.   Irving, like Duke, is a nut : Ha`aretz, don`t make publicity ! 16:28  |  Yankelowitz (annoyed 20/12/06
  21.   Truth is Answer 16:31  |  Robert 20/12/06
  22.   Ignorance is not a crime 16:46  |  emad matahin 20/12/06
  23.   Freedom of Speech 17:20  |  leon 20/12/06
  24.   to leon 17:26  |  TAZ 20/12/06
  25.   Holocaust denier 17:33  |  Shmuelshachor 20/12/06
  26.   IRAN & HOLOCAUST : SCOOP (1) 17:33  |  Yankelowitz 20/12/06
  27.   Re:Irving&Judge.Birds of Feather Flock Together.................. 17:33  |  Vittorio 20/12/06
  28.   Jailing Irving turned him into a hero 17:50  |  Jake 20/12/06
  29.   Denial should not be illegal it should be promoted! 17:54  |  Sam 20/12/06
  30.   keeping up families tradition 17:57  |  randolf 20/12/06
  31.   David Irving---# 22 Emad 18:05  |  ernie 20/12/06
  32.   anti-semetism just like schizophrenia will be found to be brain d 18:07  |  ralph 20/12/06
  33.   David Irving is NOT a historian! 18:08  |  Ethan 20/12/06
  34.   This act is embarrassment to the entire judicial system in Europe 18:23  |  Petra 20/12/06
  35.   Deniers While We Still Have Scarred Survivors 18:24  |  Lavi 20/12/06
  36.   ...is a crime punishable up to ten years in prison. 18:31  |  sandra chitayat 20/12/06
  37.   Irving freed 19:00  |  Hilda 20/12/06
  38.   just missed the conference 19:19  |  gabe 20/12/06
  39.   I agree with Sam #29 19:30  |  gabe 20/12/06
  40.   Holocaust Denial 20:02  |  ernie 20/12/06
  41.   Unsatisfied with court`s ruling=the ruling is good is good& just" 20:19  |  Absolute Sweden 20/12/06
  42.   Gul Sher from Turkey 21:08  |  David Israel 20/12/06
  43.   Laws against Holocaust denial ... 21:40  |  Andreas 20/12/06
  44.   David Irving is denying the past 21:45  |  HonestJew 20/12/06
  45.   to 35.Lavi: And what should we do with other deniers? 22:10  |  HonestJew 20/12/06
  46.   Freedom of Speech is not without limits 22:16  |  Gili 20/12/06
  47.   #44 22:18  |  Gili 20/12/06
  48.   You want the truth? 22:26  |  tadchase 20/12/06
  49.   Fire fire . . . 22:32  |  revoltop 20/12/06
  50.   Natalie #1 22:38  |  ron 20/12/06
  51.   IRVING HAD TRIAL IN WHICH HE SUED FOR LIBEL 23:07  |  paul harris 20/12/06
  52.   Natallie Durson #1 23:18  |  stella Westwell 20/12/06
  53.   ernie #31 23:28  |  emad matahin 20/12/06
  54.   Stephen Murray - Attack on Jews and Israel 23:33  |  Michael Jacobs 20/12/06
  55.   Andreas, you make me laugh 23:40  |  Jake 20/12/06
  56.   david irving 23:41  |  edo knopper 20/12/06
  57.   What timing! 23:42  |  sh 20/12/06
  58.   #45: Re. Issues of Palestinians & Irwing 23:43  |  Lavi 20/12/06
  59.   State security 00:13  |  H. 21/12/06
  60.   big bad irving`s.... 00:19  |  rocker 21/12/06
  61.   revoltop - the purpose of WWII? 00:19  |  michael jacobs 21/12/06
  62.   #49 The question is 00:24  |  Hastaroth 21/12/06
  63.   Part 1 #3 Matt, 6Stephen Murray, 15Richard and 17Jeremy 00:24  |  Ulrich Vissering 21/12/06
  64.   Part 2 00:27  |  Ulrich Vissering 21/12/06
  65.   As much as I hate to say it, Irving should be free 00:28  |  Sherman 21/12/06
  66.   Part 3 00:30  |  Ulrich Vissering 21/12/06
  67.   These are laws created by European States!! 00:46  |  Moises 21/12/06
  68.   What my father used to say 00:52  |  Tulip 21/12/06
  69.   ever read his books ? 01:25  |  whizbang 21/12/06
  70.   #47 Gili - sources 01:29  |  HonestIsraeli 21/12/06
  71.   Sad irony... 01:46  |  Wolfram 21/12/06
  72.   Irving, the Defender of our Freedoms and Man of the Year 02:15  |  Boris Badenough 21/12/06
  73.   A 1989 offense for a 1992 law? 02:22  |  Enzo Siretta 21/12/06
  74.   Re: 30 Sucked into 02:30  |  Alan 21/12/06
  75.   Michael Jacobs owns a tragedy . . . 03:42  |  revoltop 21/12/06
  76.   Michael Jacobs part 2 03:55  |  revoltop 21/12/06
  77.   Ah, Austria. Nazis go free, Irving goes to jail 06:44  |  Seymour 21/12/06
  78.   David Irving 07:51  |  Heinrich 21/12/06
  79.   heinrich 09:42  |  sweis Melbourne 21/12/06
  80.   Reply to Joe 09:48  |  Joseph 21/12/06
  81.   #16 Choni who compares the Nutty Karta`s to schoolboys 10:00  |  Leib 21/12/06
  82.   To #33 Ethan & Londonistan 10:05  |  Ari ben Yisrael 21/12/06
  83.   to Ron #50. Here`s my list.......................... 10:18  |  Natallie Durson 21/12/06
  84.   revoltop - the meaning of the Holocaust 10:44  |  michael jacobs 21/12/06
  85.   The pen is mightier than the sword 10:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 21/12/06
  86.   to Heinrichs unacceptable remarks 11:20  |  Ulrich Vissering 21/12/06
  87.   `Boris Badenough` - free speech is NOT a duty 11:28  |  michael jacobs 21/12/06
  88.   Michael Jacobs Part 4 12:47  |  revoltop