Douglas Murray points out some of the many, many absurdities of the Wilders free speech trial in the Netherlands. “The trial of Geert Wilders: why we won’t be hearing about camel urine,” by Douglas Murray in the Telegraph, February 4 (thanks to Pamela): […] When the trial opened a fortnight ago, Wilders asked for a […]
Wilders: “This Court is not interested in the truth. This Court doesn’t want me to have a fair trial. I can’t have any respect for this. This Court would not be out of place in a dictatorship.”
Geert Wilders reacts to the Amsterdam’s District Court’s disallowing of all but three of his witnesses. “Reaction to the decision in the pre-trial review,” from his new Geert Wilders Trial website, February 3: Geert Wilders: No fair trial The Amsterdam District Court apparently doesn’t want to hear the truth about Islam. Nor is it interested […]
Wilders wants jihadist murderer to testify at this trial
This is a canny move, since Mohammed Bouyeri cited the Qur’an to justify his murder of Theo Van Gogh. How, then, can Geert Wilders be guilty of “hate speech” simply for pointing out that the words of the Qur’an have incited Muslims to commit acts of violence against unbelievers? “Dutch Critic of Islam Wants Extremist […]
Wilders launches websites on his trial
An announcement from the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV): Dutch politician Geert Wilders launches websites on political trial Wednesday February 3rd 2010 Dutch politician Geert Wilders launches two websites on the political trial against him and the freedom of speech. From now on both the Dutch (www.wildersproces.nl) and the international public (www.wildersontrial.com) are able to […]
Geert Wilders’s speech at his trial today
English translation: Mister Speaker, judges of the court, I would like to make use of my right to speak for a few minutes. Freedom is the most precious of all our attainments and the most vulnerable. People have devoted their lives to it and given their lives for it. Our freedom in this country is […]
Wilders: “If expressions reflect the truth, how could they be criminal?”
A report on the Wilders trial from Evelyn Markus in the Netherlands (thanks to Pamela): Geert wants to bring in 17 witnesses, from Holland, UK, Israel, and US, among them Wafa Sultan, Robert Spencer…, Afshin Ellian, Arabist Hans Jansen, Sheikh Al-Qaradawi (who put a fatwa on Wafa), Mohammed Bouyeri (who killed Theo van Gogh) and […]
“According to Wilders, the truth about Islam must be made known, even if it is painful and unpleasant for certain people”
Yep. The Wilders trial is a showdown for free people, and for the free West. If he is convicted, the freedom of speech will not long endure in Europe, and America will be next. And the darkness of Islamic supremacism will continue to spread, and to subjugate women and non-Muslims, without it being possible to […]
Steyn: Dutch court “is explicitly attempting to criminalize the political opinions of a large swath of the Dutch electorate”
Mark Steyn on the imminent prosecution of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands (thanks to the peerless Kathy Shaidle): …in the Netherlands and other European countries, the political elite understands that there are frictions between an ever more assertive Muslim population and an ever more resentful “native” working class, but that, with the usual careless confidence […]
Spencer: Free Speech on Trial
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the implications of the upcoming Wilders trial: Free speech goes on trial in the Netherlands on January 20, when Dutch politician Geert Wilders appears before the Amsterdam District Court on charges of having “intentionally offended a group of people, i.e. Muslims, based on their religion,” as well as having […]
Geert Wilders receives summons: a sledgehammer blow to the freedom of speech
A statement on the Wilders trial: The 20th of January 2010 will be a crucial day for defending our freedom. This is the day when the political trial against Geert Wilders will start. Yesterday, Geert Wilders was summoned by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) on behalf of the Court of Justice of Amsterdam. The indictment […]