Italy approves law making Holocaust denial a crime - Haaretz

Last update - 21:35 25/01/2007

Italy approves law making Holocaust denial a crime

By DPA

Italy's government Thursday approved a bill that makes denying the Holocaust a crime and stiffens prison sentences for those found guilty of inciting racial hatred.

The decree, submitted by Justice Minister Clemente Mastella, received unanimous approval by the Romano Prodi cabinet. Italy will celebrate Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday.

Ministry officials said those found guilty of spreading ideas about a race being superior to another would now risk up to three years in prison while acts designed to incite racial, ethnic, religious or sexual violence would be punishable with a maximum four- year prison sentence.

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Initially conceived to target Holocaust deniers, the bill was broadened to include all forms of intolerance after some members of Prodi's centre-left coalition had expressed reservations about the appropriateness of using the criminal code to honour the millions of Jews killed in the Shoah.

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1.	Take that, Iran	21:45	\|	Dave	25/01/07

2.	Well, That Makes Two Places David Irving and David Duck...	21:47	\|	Yosemite	25/01/07

3.	Buona Fortuna Italia!	22:12	\|	Vittorio	25/01/07

4.	Laws like this lend unwarranted credibility	22:34	\|	Mark Lincoln	25/01/07

5.	Freedom of speech	22:37	\|	Nathan	25/01/07

6.	bravissimo	22:50	\|	tina	25/01/07

7.	Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!! - This would never happen here	23:35	\|	European	25/01/07

8.	Haaretz this is front page material-it is in the Corriere della	23:57	\|	Andreotti	25/01/07

9.	#4 IS AN IDEA FACT OR IS IT NOT ? MIXED UP	00:08	\|	paul harris	26/01/07

10.	#4 European Fascist - believe what you like but...	00:08	\|	Annoyed German	26/01/07

11.	Perfectly said, European	00:13	\|	Menno	26/01/07

12.	I LOVE ITALY! THE HOMELAND OF CATHOLICS!	00:27	\|	Catholic	26/01/07

13.	Is there that many holocaust deniers in Italy?	01:06	\|	bp	26/01/07

14.	Thank you Italy.When the survivors are gone.	01:26	\|	PETERSM	26/01/07

15.	Italy recognises that Holocaust denial is a crime	01:38	\|	Briton	26/01/07

16.	holocaust crime	02:21	\|	Shana	26/01/07

17.	European (#4), that`s what being european is all about!	02:42	\|	Voice of Reason	26/01/07

18.	Noi siamo fratelli	03:09	\|	Federico Glez	26/01/07

19.	Italy passes law	03:15	\|	Zolman ben Moshe	26/01/07

20.	European	03:42	\|	Martin Luther	26/01/07

21.	I Love Italy-The Most Wonderful Country in The World.	03:53	\|	Phinias Whoppy	26/01/07

22.	A non-conformist view on outlawing holocaust denial	04:06	\|	brian thomas	26/01/07

23.	Simply Pathetic Italy. You`re Right #4.	04:21	\|	Itamar	26/01/07

24.	Kudos for Italy	05:12	\|	Samuel Prime	26/01/07

25.	# 7 Re: Stupid indeed!	08:46	\|	Dutch	26/01/07

26.	SHOAH	11:49	\|	Isaac	26/01/07

27.	well meaning but counter productive	12:51	\|	David	26/01/07

28.	Italy approves law making Holocaustdenial a crime	16:03	\|	Jean-Paul Doguet	26/01/07

29.	Voice of Reason, the USA is doing it right now!	19:39	\|	Menno	26/01/07

30.	This law won`t make anyone any safer........	21:30	\|	T A Sheppard	26/01/07

31.	truth does not need protection by law	01:19	\|	freethinker	27/01/07

32.	Speech is the priority	04:47	\|	Jim	27/01/07

33.	Hoisted by your own petard?	11:07	\|	Freeva Nununow	27/01/07

34.	Evil Zionists	12:56	\|	gl3nk	27/01/07

35.	THE TRUTH DOESNT NEED LAWS 2 PROTECT IT.	14:10	\|	chosen one	27/01/07

36.	go 2 iamthewitness.com	14:14	\|	amazed	27/01/07

37.	Prodi, blackmailed puppet of Israel	17:13	\|	tachik0ma	27/01/07

38.	I hope WW3 will start soon !	00:20	\|	rabby Schwantz	28/01/07