Hungary tries again to outlaw deniers

Hungary’s caretaker government has introduced legislation to make Holocaust denial punishable by three years’ imprisonment.

Passage of the long-delayed proposal could take place before the April 11 parliamentary elections, said Attila Mesterhazy, the prime ministerial candidate of the ruling Socialists, if the opposition parties agree.

Political observers believe that is unlikely to happen, but the proposal may well pave the way for such law reform by the next Parliament following April’s elections.

Meanwhile, some neo-Nazi movements in Europe are organizing their annual “Day of Honor” in Hungary to mark the last stand of the Nazis and their Hungarian supporters against the Soviet Army at Buda Castle on Feb. 11, 1945.

Source: J Weekly.
Link: http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/41252/hungary-tries-again-to-outlaw-deniers.