David Duke, Former KKK Leader, Ordered To Leave Czech Republic

PRAGUE — Czech authorities have released former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from detention and ordered him to leave the country.

Police spokeswoman Katerina Rendlova says Duke must leave the Czech Republic by midnight Saturday after he was detained on suspicion of denying the Holocaust.

Duke was in Prague on an invitation from a neo-Nazi group to promote the Czech translation of his book "My Awakening." Police took him into custody Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in the Czech Republic.

Prague's Charles University also banned Duke from giving a lecture there Friday. He was scheduled to give lectures over the weekend in both Prague and the country's second-largest city of Brno.

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[lightenuppeople]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/27/finkelstein/

[lightenuppeople]

Read up Children

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/27/finkelstein/

[Lucky777s]

Voltaire said that "I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." C'mon folks. It's rather ironic that you are all using your right of free speech on the HP forum, yet you don't think he should speak his mind on various topics as well?

If you disagree with him, that's one thing. Just provide counter arguments.

[ajax2]

"If you disagree with him, that's one thing. Just provide counter arguments."
More Fox 'balance' nonsense.

Racism does not require a counter argument.

[sixx]

David Duke and other Republicans racists will find it more and more difficult to leave their cocoons of ignorance and hate.

[UltraClassic]

To bad Duke was not a radical muslim, they would have given him a medal and extended his visa.

[RruffPaw]

There's actually very little difference between David Duke and a radical, fanatic muslim. Both are just about equally anti-semitic.

[madtom]

Here's hoping a lot more Bushies get jailed overseas.

[ThatOne4Me]

ha ha ha ... bet he wet his itty bitty pants

[Lucky777s]

He has the nerve to speak his mind using his real name. Both you and I on this forum are using screen names. You may disagree with him, but he does have boldness of spirit.

[Bitsko]

Dear Czech Republic, please keep him.

[4evryoung]

Ditto.

[Intelligentia]

The Czechs did what international law, as intergrated into their domestic law, requires them to do. See here (copy and paste):

http://www.bayefsky.com/themes/expression_hate-speech_general-comments.pdf

Unlike the United States, which is a naotion of "COWARD", when it comes to issues of racism, and where compliance with international law is based on the needs of the U.S. White majority, in other countries, where they are really interested in ending racism, people like David Duke are considered criminals. Here, they want to spew the mumbo-jumbo about freedom of speech, at the expense of minorities. Onec they scream freedom of speech, that's their license to spew hate against minorities without any consequences. We know better!

[Lucky777s]

Freedom of Speech isn't "mumbo jumbo". If you don't like what's being said, provide a counter argument. If you can't, then obviously David Duke was right all along.

[BillMelater]

Sounds like smart people over there. More of these countries should ban the right wing nuts. I wish we could.

[moonbay]

No. Please. Really. Keep him. We don't want him. He broke your laws. Put him away. We don't mind. What? Oh. Yeah, I understand. I wouldn't want him there either, if I were you.

[Durango]

Can't imagine why anyone in the Czech republic would have a problem with Nazi's?

After all, aren't the rest of the world as stupid as certain Americans?

I would also like to point out that David Dukes political base has a lot in common with the Republican Party in Louisiana.

[JScott]

Kinda stupid really, he doesn't have any awareness at all that if he travels anywhere that there could be problems. Too bad he can't be denied entry into the US. Wonder why he's not on a 'no fly' list.

[ywcachieve]

''''Too bad he can't be denied entry into the US. Wonder why he's not on a 'no fly' list.''''

bwahahahahahaha

[Lerrin]

Is there anything we can do to prevent him from reentry at the U.S. Border?....just wishing & hoping .....

[Savanna]

It would have been good if they had thrown him in the "clink" and thrown away the key.

[Zen0469]

How delightful to see David Duke's @ss turfed out of the Czech Republic.

We should adopt the "ejection" strategy here in the U.S. David and all his wing.nut buddies could be promptly ejected. At the very least we could eject them into that corner of the U.S. that is Wing.nutz Central, set the entire corner adrift upon the sea, and enjoy a sane country.