Banning Nazi and Soviet symbols in Estonia

Estonia has passed a bill criminalising the use of symbols from the "occupying regime". Included are symbols of the National Socialist and Soviet regimes. The Estonian daily paper casts a sceptical eye. "Like most bans, this decision reveals a societal weakness. No problem is resolved through prohibitions and punishments. Yet the public is meant to think otherwise. ... The ban on symbols of occupation reveals our inability to deal with our history. But Estonia is far from the only country to apply criminal law to this problem. In some countries, it is even illegal to deny the Holocaust."

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