Despite objections by Romania’s president, the country’s parliament last week passed a law that bans and prescribes heavy penalties for disseminating antisemitic speech and glorifying Holocaust perpetrators.

Under the law passed on Dec. 17, individuals who distribute online “fascist, Legionary, racist and xenophobic materials” face a prison term of 1.5 to 7.5 years. Legionnaires were a pro-Nazi paramilitary force operating during the reign of collaborator Ion Antonescu during World War II, when Romania was part of Nazi Germany’s Axis.

Those who glorify Antonescu or anyone guilty of genocide charges face a sentence of three months to three years, or a fine, under the law, which expanded Romania’s 2015 legislation against hate speech. Individuals found guilty of establishing or supporting “organizations with a fascist, Legionary, racist or xenophobic character” face three to 10 years in prison under the new law.