German law colonising the Danish legal system too

Organized Danish promotors of free speech and civil rights absent

Also the private Danish free speech organizations and societies which claim to be acting for free speech, including the now world wide known heroes of the Muhammed Cartoon Crises have been conspicuous by their absence. Not one word, have I heard in public from these forces, who apparently think defamation of the islamic prophet muhammed should be allowed as a principle of free speech, but not so for defamers of ‘the memory of the dead’, or other Jewish interests.

That the new appeasement policies towards the German censors will have much greater implications seems lost on these advocates who for a large part are highly educated academics who can quote endlessly from the Koran the writings of Bat Yeor and a long range of philosophical works. All their energy is focused on the symptom of the problem, the muslims, while the other forces, those with the legislative powers are implementing the new laws and practices, which in time will be used against ‘islamophobes’ and other dissidents.

Politiken, 7th October 2008

Denmark will comply with an extradition demand from Germany in a case concerning so called hate-music.

Two men have published music CDs with extremely right wing lyrics and symbols. These have been distributed to Germany, where it is illegal to publish such things. This has caused the Germans to demand the duo - German and a Danish citizen - to be extradited.
‘The Justice department has now given the green light for the extradition. The conditions for an extradition have been met,’ so the justice department maintained.

According to Morten N. Jakobsen, second in command at the Justice Department’s International Office, the two defendant’s hostages can dispute the extradition decision in a court of law, if they want to fight it.

The Berlingske Tidende newspaper printed a similar article, but added that the production of the material allegedly was executed with the cooperation of ‘Australian neo-Nazis’.

The paper also mentions the fact that Denmark has delivered Danes to other EU countries by means of the European Arrest Warrant before, and also referst to a recent case where a demand from the US for the extradition of a Danish woman for having been accessory to the smuggling of ecstasy, was refused by a Lyngby court, which argued that this would be incompatible with humanitarian principles.

She could have faced a very long prison sentence, possibly life over there, while in Denmark the maximum punishment would have been eight years, and most probably much less; perhaps one to two years.

In comparison, the Danish alleged neo-Nazi’s would probably have gotten off with a warning, a fine or a suspended sentence if convicted at all, were they brought to trial in Denmark, while in Germany they face up to five years in prison, under the special rules for political prisoners there, which means no parole, and limited rights while doing time, compared to real non political criminal convicts.

Update October 7, 2008

Neo-Nazis decide to fight extradition

The Justice Department wants to extradite two neo-Nazis, one Danish, and one German citizen, but both have decided to challenge the decision in court and fight the extradition order.

- I don’t understand the decision made by the Justice Department, says Michael Skjodt (Skjødt), the solicitor who handles the case for the Danish citizen.

- Documents from the German prosecution show that the case has expired, which is an argument against extradition, and says that his client is willing to go all through the system to prevent extradition to Germany.

Also the German citizen’s solicitor John Finderup states that his client wants to take his case to court.

Posted by Guessedworker on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 06:20 PM in Free Speech
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