Petition · past parliament

Make Holocaust or genocide denial a criminal offence.

Closed 206 signatures

What the petition asks

If these events are witnessed and documented you cannot discredit them. This law would bring the UK into alignment with many other countries in Europe where denial and revisionism is a crime and punishable by a jail term.
With time passing on the largest genocide known to mankind, we must secure the memory of the hideous acts to ensure they are not erased through denial or revisionist acts. This needs to be legislated to prevent similar acts happening again. Many of today’s killers, online are following revisionist websites and groups.

Timeline

5 Jun 2019 Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 206
Status Closed
Opened 5 Jun 2019
Closed 6 Nov 2019

Follow this petition

Sign in to get an email when the government responds, a debate is scheduled or held, or the petition closes.

Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.