 Ehsan <unk> 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 ? " 
