MP backing for 'Holocaust denier'
British courts should refuse to act on an EU arrest warrant requesting the extradition of an alleged Holocaust denier, a senior Lib Dem has said.
Australian citizen Dr Gerald Toben was remanded in custody after his arrest by British police at Heathrow Airport.
German authorities allege Dr Toben published material online "of an anti-Semitic and/or revisionist nature".
But home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said holocaust denial is not a crime in the UK and he should not be extradited.
Dr Toben, a German-born former schoolteacher, was en route from the United States to Dubai when he was arrested...
[S]ome human rights campaigners have backed his case, saying that his views -- however unpleasant -- do not make him a criminal in the UK.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), acting for the German authorities, argues that agreements signed in 2003 between the UK and other European countries mean that Britain is duty-bound to assist the German authorities.
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Australian citizen Dr Gerald Toben was remanded in custody after his arrest by British police at Heathrow Airport.
German authorities allege Dr Toben published material online "of an anti-Semitic and/or revisionist nature".
But home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said holocaust denial is not a crime in the UK and he should not be extradited.
Dr Toben, a German-born former schoolteacher, was en route from the United States to Dubai when he was arrested...
[S]ome human rights campaigners have backed his case, saying that his views -- however unpleasant -- do not make him a criminal in the UK.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), acting for the German authorities, argues that agreements signed in 2003 between the UK and other European countries mean that Britain is duty-bound to assist the German authorities.