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In significant verdict, French court sentences Holocaust denier to 5 years for making death threats

The unusually harsh sentence was over videos he made calling for the murder of two Jewish lawyers and a journalist.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 4, 2021 11:04 am

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Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, left, and Alain Soral arriving at the Paris courthouse on March 12, 2015, for Soral's trial for inciting hatred against Jews. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

French Holocaust denier Alain Soral arrested and his ally Dieudonne banned from Facebook

The move reflects a greater willingness by law enforcement to use force against purveyors of conspiracy theories about Jews.

August 4, 2020 2:39 pm

French Holocaust denier sentenced to prison for publishing denial material on website

It is the second conviction and prison sentence for Alain Soral since the beginning of the year.

April 16, 2019 9:47 am

French Holocaust denier sentenced to year in jail for inciting anti-Semitism

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 18, 2019 8:25 am

Court upholds Jean-Marie Le Pen’s Holocaust denial conviction

March 30, 2018 3:51 am

French courts punish promoters of anti-Semitic hate speech

November 17, 2017 6:42 am

Reporter's Notebook

A Yom Kippur apology to France’s most famous anti-Semite

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 29, 2016 11:31 am

French court fines writer for Facebook post saying Hitler should have finished the job

June 15, 2016 5:32 pm

Local French politician probed for ‘no dogs and Jews allowed’ Twitter account

May 23, 2016 3:09 pm

French court: Centrists slandered leftist with anti-Semitism claims

March 13, 2015 1:28 pm

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