couldn't access that link for some reason--is BBC down?
Found another source for similar story:
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/...de-court-rules
Anyway, the distinction is with 'Armenian holocaust denial. That one is not prohibited speech, like the denying the nazi one is in some places.
Criminalizing hate speech is always tricky, and is likely to lead to funny rulings.