Jobbik Holocaust Denier Found Guilty

  • 27 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
Jobbik Holocaust Denier Found Guilty
Jobbik local councillor Tibor Ágoston was fined Ft 750,000 by a Debrecen court on Thursday for denial of the Holocaust. Failure to pay the fine will result in a jail sentence of 300 days.

In January last year Ágoston used the term “Holoscam”, according to the indictment, at a public gathering.
 
Ágoston denied committing a crime. The verdict is open to appeal.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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