Israel bars UN Palestinian rights envoy after Holocaust comments
April 9, 2008
[JURIST] The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website] announced Tuesday that it will not allow the new UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] envoy on Israeli human rights to enter either Israel or the Palestinian territories after he called current Israeli actions against.... [more] 
Belgium government, banks to pay $170M to Holocaust survivors
March 11, 2008
[JURIST] A Belgian government commission on restitution for Holocaust victims issued its final report [PDF text, in French] Tuesday, finding that Holocaust survivors, victims' families and the general Jewish community should receive $170 million to compensate for the money and goods they lost.... [more]
Hunt for Nazi war criminals extended to South America
November 28, 2007
[JURIST] The Simon Wiesenthal Center [advocacy website] announced Tuesday that it will extend its campaign to capture and prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals to four South American countries. In a press conference in Buenos Aires, director Efraim Zuroff outlined the details of Operation Last.... [more]
Serbia police arrest 56 neo-Nazis at Kosovo protest
October 9, 2007
[JURIST] Serbian police arrested 56 neo-Nazis for protesting the potential independence of Kosovo from Serbia [JURIST news archives] despite a ban against their planned demonstration, Serbian police said Monday. The arrests were made after fighting broke out Sunday between the neo-Nazis protesters.... [more]
Germany court rejects Zundel appeal of Holocaust denial sentence
September 17, 2007
[JURIST] The German Federal Court of Justice [official website, in German] said Monday it has dismissed [press release] an appeal made by writer Ernst Zundel [ADL profile; CBC profile] to overturn his February conviction for denying the Holocaust. Earlier this year, Zundel was sentenced to five.... [more]
Israeli police arrest neo-Nazi gang members
September 10, 2007
[JURIST] Israeli police have arrested a gang of neo-Nazis [JURIST news archive] accused of attacking foreigners, homosexuals and Jewish people last month, according to weekend media reports. Each member of the gang, comprised of eight young men between the ages of 16-21, are Israeli citizens who.... [more]
Austrian neo-Nazi writer arrested in Spain for denying Holocaust
August 23, 2007
[JURIST] An Austrian writer wanted for denying the Holocaust was arrested Thursday by Spanish police in Malaga, Spain. Gerd Honsik [Wikipedia profile] was convicted of neo-Nazi activities in his native Austria in 1992 and sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison, but fled to Spain to avoid jail time..... [more]
Children of Holocaust survivors file class action lawsuit against Germany
July 18, 2007
[JURIST] A group of children of Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit against the German government in an Israeli court, seeking German financial contribution to an annual $10 million therapy fund for approximately 15,000 to 20,000 so-called second-generation Holocaust survivors..... [more]
EU approves framework decision criminalizing genocide denial
April 19, 2007
[JURIST] The European Union Thursday approved a framework decision [PDF text] aimed at criminalizing denial of the Holocaust [JURIST news archive] and other genocides following six years of intense debate. The end product was described as a carefully-balanced compromise by EU diplomats, which.... [more]
German lawyer of Holocaust denier charged with incitement, using Nazi symbols
March 20, 2007
[JURIST] A defense lawyer for German Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel [ADL profile; CBC backgrounder] has been charged with incitement, attempting to thwart a prosecution, and using banned Nazi symbols during the original trial of Zundel in 2005. According to prosecutors at the Mannheim State Court.... [more]
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