The Parliament of Belarus approved the law on responsibility for denying genocide during the Second World War
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The upper house of the Belarusian parliament, the Council of the Republic, approved a bill that criminalizes denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War. The adoption of the law on Wednesday, December 22, is reported by Interfax-Zapad.
As stated in the Telegram channel of the Council of the Republic, for the first time at the legislative level the fact of the genocide of Belarusians during the Second World War and in the post-war period will be recognized.
“Criminal liability is introduced for denial of the genocide of the Belarusian people, contained in a public speech, or in a printed or publicly displayed work, or in the media, or in information posted on the global computer network Internet,” the upper chamber said.
The maximum sentence is offered in the form of 10 years in prison. In mid-December, the bill was adopted in two readings by the lower house of parliament, now it will be sent to the president for signature.
