Posts Tagged ‘Fitna’

Wilders hate speech trial to go ahead

February 3rd, 2010

Controversial Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders will face trial in the Netherlands on hate speech. Wilders’s lawyers had attempted to block the trial, claiming that as a politician he should have protected speech. Wilders has gained notoriety for his fim Fitna, which compels Muslims to tear out parts of the Quran. Read more here Read Oliver Kamm on Wilders here

An unlikely champion

October 16th, 2009

Geert Wilders’s visit today to Westminster is a small blow against censorship, says Oliver Kamm
Geert-Wilders
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British Wilders ban “wrong”, tribunal reports

October 13th, 2009

The UK’s Asylum and Immigration Tribunal has ruled that then-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was wrong to ban controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders entry to the United Kingdom. Read more here

Wilders challenges UK ban

March 20th, 2009

Dutch MP Geert Wilders has launched an appeal against the Home Office’s decision to ban him from travelling to the UK. (more…)

Modern Liberty: free speech must be for all

March 2nd, 2009

Modern LibertyThe United Nations’ retreat from defending free expression is at odds with the concept of universal rights, says
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Wilders to be returned to Netherlands

February 12th, 2009

Dutch MP Geert Wilders is to be sent back to the Netherlands after attempting to enter the UK despite a Home Office ban. Read more here

Index on Geert Wilders

February 12th, 2009

geert-wildersIndex on Censorship news editor Padraig Reidy was a guest on BBC Radio Five Live’s Breakfast show this morning, discussing the banning of Geert Wilders (right) from Britain, and its ramifications for free expression.
You can listen on iPlayer here (at 2hr 40min)

Wilders on way to UK

February 12th, 2009

Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been told he will be refused entry to Britain to attend a screening of his film Fitna, has been allowed to board his flight from the Netherlands. Read more here

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