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Court acquits man who challenged Holocaust

11 December 2009

http://praguemonitor.com/2009/12/11/...nged-holocaust

Prague, Dec 10 (CTK) - A Czech court yesterday acquitted Vladimir Stwora, a Czech Canadian who placed a Czech translation of an article allegedly challenging the Holocaust on his website.

Stwora faced the charges of support and promotion of movements aimed to suppress human rights and freedoms.

The court, however, said there has been no evidence to prove the suspect's intention to challenge the Holocaust.

The verdict has not taken effect yet as the state attorney has appealed it on the spot.

Originally the court imposed a suspended ten-month prison sentence with two-year probation on Stwora but he appealed the verdict.

Stwora placed a Czech translation of the article headlined "Holocaust and its Four-Million Variant" on his website in July 2007. The state attorney says the text questions the Nazi genocide of Jews during World War Two in terms of the number of victims and the existence of extermination camps and gas chambers.

Stwora previously pleaded not guilty and said he considers the accusations absurd. He said the article does not challenge the Holocaust but only asks questions and points to discrepancies even among official sources.

Stwora said he ublished the article in order to provoke a discussion about the issue.