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Polish Group Sues Argentine Paper Under New Holocaust Law
« on: March 05, 2018, 05:51:00 pm »
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Polish Group Sues Argentine Paper Under New Holocaust Law
by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff

A Polish campaign group is suing an Argentine newspaper it says breached a new law that makes it a criminal offense to suggest Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.

In what appeared to be the first legal action under the so-called Holocaust law, just hours after it took effect, the Polish League Against Defamation said it filed a complaint against Argentina’s Pagina 12 daily. The paper said it had not received formal notice of the lawsuit.

A minister from Poland’s conservative government applauded the move to invoke the law which Warsaw says will protect it from slander, but which the United States and Israel said would suppress authentic historic research and free speech.

Read more at: https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/03/04/polish-group-sues-argentine-paper-under-new-holocaust-law/

Too bad that history from 75 years ago resurfaces. Of course, we should not forget it but hopefully, we don't get too wrapped up in it as well.