Modern Liberty: free speech must be for all

March 2nd, 2009

The United Nations’ retreat from defending free expression is at odds with the concept of universal rights, says
Jo Glanville
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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

Index 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 heads to Supreme Court

February 3rd, 2009

Dutch MP Geert Wilders has engaged one of the country’s top lawyers to fight a potential prosecution for incitement to hatred. (more…)

Wilders to face trial for Fitna

January 21st, 2009

A Dutch court has ordered the prosecution of Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims. The charges relate to Fitna, a film he made last year in which he compared the Quran to Mein Kampf and drew a direct link between Islam and violence. Mr Wilders has called the decision ‘an ‘attack on the freedom of expression’. Read more here

Wilders releases controversial film

March 28th, 2008

Dutch MP Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film Fitna on the Internet. The film, a polemic against the ‘Islamicisation’ of Europe made up of clips of bombings and speeches from imams and politicians, has been the subject of huge controversy in the Netherlands, where the government has been at pains to distance itself from Wilders’s stance. Watch Fitna here (Warning: the film contains graphic violent footage).