British historian David Irving has said he is the victim of a "world-wide attempt to silence" him.
He is back in the UK after his release on probation from a three-year jail term imposed in Austria for denying the Holocaust in a 1989 speech.
Mr Irving said "Stalinist legislation" had put him in prison for expressing the "wrong views" about history.
At his trial in February, he said his views on the Holocaust had changed, but did believe it had been exaggerated.
The conviction had sparked intense debate, with supporters saying it was fully justified but opponents arguing it undermined the right of freedom of speech.
In his speech in Austria 17 years ago, he denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz, though he later said he was "mistaken".
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But his release on probation has dismayed Jewish groups.
Lord Janner, vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and president
of the Commonwealth Jewish Council, said: "I do not believe that he was
put in prison because he was a historian.
And historians should be treated in the same way as anyone else."
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Karen Pollock from the UK-based Holocaust Education Trust said:
"We are reminded of the need to remain vigilant to ensure that
Holocaust denial, in whatever guise it appears, is challenged."
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