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Lawfare: Dutch state taken to UN human rights commission over Wilders
2011-11-19
The case against Geert Wilders continues: having lost in the Dutch court after three tries, leaders in the Dutch Muslim community take it to the UN.
Three Dutch Moroccans have made a complaint against the Netherlands to the UN commission for human rights, claiming the Dutch state has not protected them from incitement to hatred instigated by Geert Wilders, Nos television reports.
The Dutch muslims may not have read the infidel Saul Alinsky, but they're following his plan to a T...
The three, who are not named in the court filing, say the 'systematic incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims and other migrants' committed by Wilders has left them feeling 'discriminated against, humiliated and threatened'.
Separate from actually being discriminated against, humiliated and threatened.
'They are of the opinion that Wilders by his continued hate speech has poisoned the social climate in the Netherlands that has become more and more anti-migrant and anti-Muslim,' the statement says.

Wilders was taken to court for discrimination and inciting hatred last year but found not guilty this spring after the public prosecution department called for all charges to be dropped.

One-sided

The reluctance of the public prosecutor to take action against Wilders meant the 'judge [at that trial] was only provided with one side of the legal argument due to the almost perfect harmony between the prosecution and defence,' the UN filing states.

The three say international human rights treaties should protect them against discrimination and the UN commission should ensure those treaties are upheld.

A UN human rights commission ruling, which can take years, is not legally binding, Nos says.
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#1  To paraphrase the cowboy expression, "...and the horse they rode in on."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-11-19 15:51  

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