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| Germany | in effect | defaming the memory of the dead | up to five years in prison |
| France | in effect | denial of historic events of WWII | |
| England | pending | pending formulation | TBD |
| Switzerland | in effect | ||
| Canada | in effect | spreading false news (old law) | up to five years in prison |
| Canada | in effect | likely to cause hatred (new law) | unlimited fines and undertaking requirements |
| Poland | in effect | denial of Nazi or Communist crimes | up to three years in prison |
| USA | within scope of Communications Decency Act | found unconstitutional | found unconstitutional |
| USA | within scope of Communications Decency Act II | in committee | in committee |
| USA | Sense of Congress Resolution for a specific law | TBD | TBD |
| USA | in effect | failure to have an unrequired license | varying fines |
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| David Irving, historian | Germany | citing a museum curator regarding his museum | state | guilty, fined, fine increased on appeal |
| David Irving, historian | Canada | exercising free speech in Canada | state | deported |
| Germar Rudolph, Chemist | Germany | reporting scientific findings, refusing to renounce science | state | charged, left country to avoid prosecution |
| Ernst Zundel, publisher | Canada | reprinting a pamphlet (old law) | jewish organizations | guilty, imprisoned, overturned |
| Ernst Zundel, publisher | Canada | having a US website named after him (new law) | jewish organizations | pending |
| Roger Garaudy, philosopher | France | writing a book on Israeli politics | jewish organizations | guilty, fined |
| Jean Plantin, historian | France | just mentioning three books banned in France in his magazine | jewish organizations | police harrassment, detention, computer and records confiscated |
| Jean Plantin, historian | France | earning a master's degree | jewish organizations | fined, suspended sentence |
| Jean Plantin, historian | France | both the above | jewish organizations | master's degree revoked |
| Frederick Toben, Professor of History | Germany | operating a website in Australia | state | awaiting trial |
| Doug Christie, columnist | Canada | writing a single newspaper column (new law) | jewish organizations | innocent |
| Doug Christie, columnist | Canada | writing newspaper columns on related themes (new law) | jewish organizations | guilty, fined |
| Dariusz Ratajczak, Professor of History | Poland | writing an academic history text | committee investigating Nazi and Communist crimes, composition unknown | awaiting trial |
| Fred Leuchter, engineer, subject of critically acclaimed movie | USA | testifying at a trial in Canada according to the oath he took | jewish organizations | undertaking agreement with the court in lieu of judgement |
| Fred Leuchter, engineer, subject of critically acclaimed movie | Germany | giving a lecture in Germany | jewish organizations | charged, refused to return to stand trial |
| Carlos Porter, linguist | Germany | Refusal publically profess belief in the occurance of the impossible | state | tried in absentia, found guilty |
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