The Wire

Notorious Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben has been sentenced to three months jail after repeatedly ignoring court orders not to publish material deemed “offensive”. Australia has no specific laws against holocaust denial, but Toben was ordered by the federal court to stop publishing material on his website that denied the holocaust occurred. While playing down the holocaust is clearly offensive to some people, some critics say people like Toben should not be jailed, simply for expressing unorthodox or extreme views.