His learned profession is that of a clockmaker. He is married and has one daughter with his wife, Marianne Pastörs.
He joined the NPD in 2000. In 2005 he became the leader of the party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He was first elected to state parliament in 2006, receiving 7.3% of the vote. He has been leading the party fraction since 2006.
2019 European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR) Decisionedit
On 3 October 2019, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously decided on the case Pastörs v. Germany (application no. 55225/14)[3] that a decision from the German Courts sentencing him to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended on probation, based on the fact that a speech made by German politician Udo Pastörs stating that “the so-called Holocaust is being used for political and commercial purposes”, as well as other holocaust denial comments, incurred in violation of the memory of the dead and of the intentional defamation of the Jewish people was not a violation of the Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Also, the ECtHR also decided by four votes to three that there had been no violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Hetze gegen Juden: NPD-Chef Pastörs verurteilt". ARD (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^(PDF) (in German). Amtsgericht Saarbrücken. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original (Press release) on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^"Holocaust denial is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights", European Court of Human Rights, 3 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
pastörs, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, pag. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Udo Pastors news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Udo Pastors born 1952 is a German politician and convicted Holocaust denier He is the former leader of the far right NPD and served as a representative in the Landtag of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Udo Pastors Contents 1 Personal life 2 Controversies 2 1 2019 European Court of Human Rights ECHR or ECtHR Decision 3 References 4 External links 4 1 Udo Pastors 4 2 CriticismPersonal life editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Udo Pastors news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pastors was born on 24 August 1952 in Wegberg West Germany His learned profession is that of a clockmaker He is married and has one daughter with his wife Marianne Pastors He joined the NPD in 2000 In 2005 he became the leader of the party in Mecklenburg Vorpommern He was first elected to state parliament in 2006 receiving 7 3 of the vote He has been leading the party fraction since 2006 Controversies editIn a speech on 25 February 2009 Pastors referred to the Federal Republic of Germany as a Jew republic to Turkish German men as semen cannons and to Alan Greenspan as a hook nose A local court found him guilty of incitement of popular hatred in May 2010 sentencing him to a suspended sentence of ten months and a 6 000 fine 1 2 2019 European Court of Human Rights ECHR or ECtHR Decision edit On 3 October 2019 the European Court of Human Rights unanimously decided on the case Pastors v Germany application no 55225 14 3 that a decision from the German Courts sentencing him to eight months imprisonment suspended on probation based on the fact that a speech made by German politician Udo Pastors stating that the so called Holocaust is being used for political and commercial purposes as well as other holocaust denial comments incurred in violation of the memory of the dead and of the intentional defamation of the Jewish people was not a violation of the Article 10 freedom of expression of the European Convention on Human Rights Also the ECtHR also decided by four votes to three that there had been no violation of Article 6 1 right to a fair trial of the European Convention on Human Rights 4 References edit Hetze gegen Juden NPD Chef Pastors verurteilt ARD in German Retrieved 5 May 2014 Bewahrungsstrafe im Strafverfahren gegen Udo Pastors PDF in German Amtsgericht Saarbrucken 7 May 2010 Archived from the original Press release on 30 October 2012 Retrieved 5 May 2014 Pastors v Germany European Court of Human Rights decided on 3 October 2019 Retrieved 8 October 2019 Holocaust denial is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights European Court of Human Rights 3 October 2019 Retrieved 8 October 2019 External links editUdo Pastors edit German Udo Pastors Website of Parliament of the State of Mecklenburg Vorpommern German Udo Pastors NPD party website German Udo Pastors Archived 22 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Kandidatenwatch de Criticism edit German Gernot Knodler NPD will nicht stolpern taz Nord vom 17 Juni 2006 German Lagebericht Rechtsextremismus Marz 2006 German Focus NPD Spitzenkandidat Hitler als Phanomen gewurdigt German NDR Staatsanwalt pruft Rede von NPD Fraktionschef Pastors inklusive Link zu einem Radiobeitrag zu Pastors demokratiefeindliche Rede German Spiegel de NPD Fraktionschef nach Hetzrede im Visier der Staatsanwaltschaft nbsp This article about a German politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Udo Pastors amp oldid 1180652583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
