 Ehsan Ahrari of Asia Times accused some European countries of double standards in adopting laws that outlaw Holocaust denial but still defended the concept of freedom of speech in this case . Anti @-@ holocaust or genocide denial laws are in place in Austria , Germany , Belgium , the Czech Republic , France , Israel , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Poland , Portugal , and Romania in 2005 . However , Denmark has no such laws and there was — and still is — no EU @-@ wide law against holocaust denial . Randall Hansen said that laws against holocaust denial were not directly comparable with restrictions on social satire , so could not be considered a double standard unless one believed in an absolute right to freedom of speech , and that those who do would doubtless oppose holocaust denial laws . Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote that there was a double standard in many protesters ' demands for religious sensitivity in this case , but not in others . He asked , " Have any of these ' moderates ' ever protested the grotesque caricatures of Christians and , most especially , Jews that are broadcast throughout the Middle East on a daily basis ? " 
