03 Feb 10 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
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.
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16 Oct 09 | Comment, News and features, United Kingdom
Geert Wilders’s visit today to Westminster is a small blow against censorship, says Oliver Kamm
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13 Oct 09 | Index Index, minipost, News and features, United Kingdom
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.
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05 Jun 09 | Index Index, minipost
Geert Wilders, who was banned from Britain by former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, has made significant progress in the Netherland’s European Parliament elections. His anti-immigration Freedom party, which previously had no MEPs, looks set to come second behind the ruling Christian Democrat party.
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