Re: Living in USA
doesn’t mean you can’t get charged in US.
The European Union’s executive Commission proposed a European Union-wide anti-racism xenophobia law in 2001, which included the criminalization of Holocaust denial. On July 15, 1996, the Council of the European Union adopted the Joint action/96/443/JHA concerning action to combat racism and xenophobia.[SUP][47]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP][SUP][48]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP] During the German presidency there was an attempt to extend this ban.[SUP][49]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Full implementation was blocked by the United Kingdom and the Nordic countries because of the need to balance the restrictions on voicing racist opinions against the freedom of expression.[SUP][50]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP] As a result a compromise has been reached within the EU and while the EU has not prohibited Holocaust denial outright, a maximum term of three years in jail is optionally available to all member nations for “denying or grossly trivialising crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”[SUP][51]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP][SUP][52]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
The EU extradition policy regarding Holocaust denial was tested in the UK during the 2008 failed extradition case brought against the suspected Holocaust denier Frederick Toben[SUP][53]](Legality of Holocaust denial - Wikipedia)[/SUP] by the German government. As there is no specific crime of Holocaust denial in the UK, the German government had applied for Toben’s extradition for racial and xenophobic crimes. Toben’s extradition was refused by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, and the German government withdrew its appeal to the High Court.