What's happened
Vincent Reynouard, a Holocaust denier, has lost his legal battle to avoid extradition from Scotland to France.
Why it matters
The extradition of a Holocaust denier from Scotland to France is significant due to the criminal nature of the charges and the historical sensitivity of the subject matter.
What the papers say
The Times emphasizes the seriousness of the criminality involved in sharing offensive videos online, while The Guardian and The Independent focus on the legal battle and the extradition proceedings.
How we got here
Vincent Reynouard, a Holocaust denier, was arrested in a Scottish fishing village after spending two years on the run from the French authorities. He was discovered living a double life in Anstruther, Fife, and was remanded in custody while French authorities launched an extradition bid.
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Vincent Reynouard is a French Holocaust denier, and proponent of neo-Nazism. He has been convicted and jailed in France under the Gayssot Act, which bars Holocaust denial.
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The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe
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French is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul.