France - Writer appears in court

Описание: (27 Feb 1998) T/I: 10:44:31


A French court on Friday (27/2) sentenced writer Roger Garaudy to pay a 120,000-franc (20,000-dollar) fine for a book denying the existence of Nazi gas chambers. It has been a controversial case, with emotions running high on both sides, and there were ugly scenes outside the court after the verdict, with rival factions clashing.
The 84-year-old Garaudy had been charged with denying crimes against humanity in his 1996 book "Founding Myths of Israeli Policy", and faced a one-year jail term and a 300,000-franc fine.
In the book Garaudy referred to the holocaust as a "myth." But he
denied he was an anti-Semite, saying he was simply "anti-Zionist."

SHOWS:

PARIS, FRANCE - 27/02
MS pull out of court building;
VS interiors;
Jewish protesters scuffling with police and chanting;
CA press;
MS people being searched as they enter court;
WS Jewish protestors chanting and scuffling;
chanting and face-off with police;
MS legal representatives leaving court.
SOT (in French) with Jean Serge Laraque, lawyer acting on behalf of Jewish organistations, saying: "He was found guilty of four of the charges for provoking racial hatred, racial defamation, provocation to racial hatred and contesting crimes against humanity (claiming the holocaust didn't happen). The total for the fines that had been levied will be about French Francs 250,000 francs (approximately US dollars 40,000). Of course I'm very happy with this decision.";
WS police line;
SOT (in English) with Laraque, saying the decision by the court is good and could not really have been anything by inevitable;
WS police line;
street scene;
CU artist drawing sketch of court building;

3.24

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...