From holocaust denial to race/gender equality denial

Lawyers and historians who testified in court in defense of holocaust deniers, are threatened with prosecution[note] for themselves being in violation of holocaust denial laws: Switzerland: Prison Term for ‘Holocaust Denial’, more cases of lawyer and expert witness intimidation can be found and cited[/note]. Such a blanket prohibition of speech, where truth is no valid defense[note]

[/note], can lead down the slippery slope to hate speech laws and repression of #TrueSpeech.  Denying that the Nazi holocaust killed 6 million Jews is a felony[note]Prosecutions and convictions[/note] in many countries. “Scholars have pointed out that countries that specifically ban Holocaust denial generally have legal systems that limit speech in other ways, such as banning “hate speech.”[Laws against Holocaust denial|Wikipedia]

  • Disclaimer: I do NOT deny the Holocaust, I am not a historian.
  • But we point out that, regarding minority crime today,  #TrueSpeech is Forbidden, True Facts are Taboo.
  • Note: European internet companies such as Swiss protonmail [note]ProtonMail will only disclose the limited information on our users that we have if served with a valid Swiss court order. Please see the Data Disclosure section of our Privacy Policy: https://protonmail.com/privacy-policyWe will only disclose the limited user data we possess if we are instructed to do so by a fully binding request coming from the competent Swiss authorities (legal obligation). While we may comply with electronically delivered notices (see exceptions below), the disclosed data can only be used in court after we have received an original copy of the court order by registered post or in person, and provide a formal response.”[/note] can be forced to turn over your information to authorities when accused of holocaust denial, and probably for hate speech. Their privacy guarantees are misleading.
  • 91-Year-Old Swede Convicted for Anti-Islam Hate Speech
  • The EU’s relentless attack on free speech – spiked
  • Free Speech Found Guilty by Europe

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Switzerland: Prison Term for ‘Holocaust Denial’

On April 10, 2000, a Swiss court sentenced 79-year-old publicist and retired teacher Gaston-Armand Amaudruz to one year in prison for “denying” the existence of homicidal gas chambers in World War II German concentration camps. […]

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