Jail sentence extended for Austrian right-winger

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jail sentence extended for Austrian right-winger
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 9, 2010; 4:54 PM

VIENNA -- A jailed right-wing Austrian author has been found guilty of violating a prohibition on glorifying Nazi ideology and sentenced to an additional two years in prison.

Gerd Honsik is already serving a four-year term, which began last year after he was found guilty of "Wiederbetaetigung" - "re-engaging" in Nazi-era beliefs. The crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

The previous sentence was for articles Honsik wrote in a right-wing publication praising the Nazi era. The judgment and sentence pronounced Thursday arose from two books by him that contained similar pro-Hitler and anti Jewish sentiments.

Honsik's lawyer said he would appeal. Austrian authorities enacted a law in 1992 making it a crime to deny the Holocaust or promote Nazi propaganda.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090905283.html

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[provis99]

1. he's not exactly the blonde-haired, blue-eyed athletic Aryan, is he?

Frankly, the guy looks like an Arab, yet he glorifies the Nazis who would probably put him in the camps?

[TheWraith]

2. While I love a right winger in prison, this whole principle makes me nervous.

It's such a blatant exception to the whole principle of freedom of expression that it's in itself reminiscent of authoritarian regimes.

[CBGLuthier]

3. This is what some on DU want done to the koran burner

This country of ours has a lot of god damned faults but we no longer put people in prison for spouting unpopular views.

Four years in prison for writing articles. Sad.

[quiet.american]

4. Good. This isn't just a lark to Austria - their country lived through the Nazis.

I understand their zero-tolerance for this crap.