Editors Fined For Printing Anti-Semitic Letter
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HELSINKI, FINLAND — Two newspaper editors were fined for publishing a letter that said violence against Jews was justified and that the Holocaust was acceptable.
State Prosecutor Mika Illman said Uusimaa, a regional newspaper, and the Kansan Uutisetpaper broke the law in July by publishing the letter by Usko Takkumaki, which criticized Jews and Israel.
A regional court found the editors guilty of inciting racial hatred. The editor of Uusimaa was fined $1,300 on Monday, and the editor of Kansan Uutiset was fined $500. Mr. Takkumaki also was fined $740.
