Romania bans Holocaust denial, fascist symbols

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Romania bans Holocaust denial, fascist symbols Anonymous 07/25/15 (Sat) 13:27:47 ee0b7d No.15781

>Romania’s president has signed into law legislation that punishes Holocaust denial and the promotion of the fascist Legionnaires’ Movement with prison sentences of up to three years.

>President Klaus Iohannis signed the amendments to existing legislation, approved by Parliament last month, on Wednesday.

>The legislation also bans fascist, racist or xenophobic organizations and symbols, and promoting people guilty of crimes against humanity by up to three years in prison.

>Holocaust denial refers to refuting Romania’s role in exterminating Jews and Roma between 1940 and 1944. About 280,000 Jews and 11,000 Roma, or Gypsies, were killed during the pro-fascist regime of dictator Marshal Ion Antonescu.

>Romania has a few right-wing fringe groups such as Noua Dreapta, or New Right, which could be affected by the new law.

>Noua Dreapta’s followers are anti-gay, closely adhere to the Romanian Orthodox Church and support Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the leader of the 1930s ultra-nationalist Iron Guard movement, which was active in Romania from 1927 to 1941.

http://web.archive.org/web/20150723023050/http://www.timesofisrael.com/romania-bans-holocaust-denial-fascist-symbols/

I imagine this is hardly surprising, but what are people's thoughts on this?

Anonymous 07/26/15 (Sun) 00:40:18 18289d No.15804

Unsurprising, and probably as part of a push from the EU. Currently Romania is selling themselves out in favor of the EU rulers.

Anonymous 07/26/15 (Sun) 13:16:11 fb8efb No.15815

>Romania has a few right-wing fringe groups such as Noua Dreapta, or New Right, which could be affected by the new law.

well fuck, another more altright groups will go down.

>>15804 as anon stated here, it's just a push to

be integrated to the EU

Anonymous 07/26/15 (Sun) 13:17:07 fb8efb No.15816

>>15815

well fuck, more altright groups will go down.*

Anonymous 07/27/15 (Mon) 00:49:24 e9cab9 No.15848

>>15804

Can similar pushes be expected in other EU countries then? From what I remember there were somewhat similar changes with vague wording in legislation in Spain that could allow for prosecution of holocaust denial.

Anonymous 07/27/15 (Mon) 08:54:56 fb8efb No.15862

>>15848

I don't believe so, the only big issue atm. is non-white refugees coming to the Baltic states, Finland and Poland.

Anonymous 07/27/15 (Mon) 19:57:14 e1acd8 No.15876

>>15781

Well I'm not completely sure but I think holocaust denial was always illegal and they just added the part to outlaw anything related to the legionnaires. There is a decent amount of pro-legionary stuff on the internet maybe they want to crack down on it?

> but what are people's thoughts on this

Can't say for sure. The issue seems to have been slided. The TV in my house is usually on on news and politics and I haven't heard anyhting about this. Might have just missed it but it definitely wasn't hyped up like other meaningless crap. It was a subject on some nationalist websites and there was even an online petition with some historians criticizing the new law for various reasons.

>>15815

>well fuck, another more altright groups will go down

They make the laws, the game is rigged and the only way you can win is by not playing by their rules.

Anonymous 07/30/15 (Thu) 21:09:26 2d86e3 No.15937

>>15848

>>15862

Fascism and holocaust denial are already outlawed in Poland. Any parties and political movements "promoting totalitarian systems" are.