Si apre il processo contro Wilders

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Olanda: deputato domani a processo per incitazione a odio contro Islam

Olanda: deputato domani a processo per incitazione a odio contro Islam - Adnkronos Esteri

Amsterdam, 19 gen. - (Adnkronos/Dpa) - Il controverso deputato olandese Geert Wilders, leader del partito liberale di estrema destra Pvv e autore del documentario anti islamico Fitna, comparira' domani in tribunale ad Amsterdam con l'accusa d'incitamento all'odio contro i musulmani. Wilders, il cui partito ottiene crescenti consensi in Olanda, afferma che si tratta di un "processo politico" e di "una caccia alle streghe" nei suoi confronti.

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Il Foglio, martedì 19 gennaio 2010

[FalcoConservatore]

Ovviamente a questo politico olandese va tutta la nostra solidarietà - umana ed intellettuale - per un processo ingiusto che va contro la libertà d'espressione. Si possono condividere o meno le sue idee, ma, diamine, in Occidente sono sempre stati legalizzati partiti comunisti in combutta col nemico, foraggiati da potenze straniere, pronti a far scattare una rivoluzione armata. Possiamo permetterci di ascolatare e nel caso di apprezzare le semplici opinioni di chi critica l'Islam in quanto sistema fondamentalmente oppressivo e totalitario.

[Supermario]

Come nel caso del comunismo in Polonia, anche quì difendo la libertà di parola, senza se, senza ma, e senza i faziosi distinguo che lessi a suo tempo in questo forum.

[FalcoConservatore]

Come nel caso del comunismo in Polonia, anche quì difendo la libertà di parola, senza se, senza ma, e senza i faziosi distinguo che lessi a suo tempo in questo forum.

Distinguo più che giustificati in Polonia. Perchè loro, la dittatura comunista, l'hanno vissuta. L'hanno provata. Sulla pelle.

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Discorso di Wilders al suo processo: (in inglese)

"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 the outcome of centuries. It is the consequence of a history that knows no equal and has brought us to where we are now.

I believe with all my heart and soul that the freedom in the Netherlands is threatened. That what our heritage is, what generations could only dream about, that this freedom is no longer a given, no longer self-evident.

I devote my life to the defence of our freedom. I know what the risks are and I pay a price for it every day. I do not complain about it; it is my own decision. I see that as my duty and it is why I am standing here.

I know that the words I use are sometimes harsh, but they are never rash. It is not my intention to spare the ideology of conquest and destruction, but I am not any more out to offend people. I have nothing against Muslims. I have a problem with Islam and the Islamization of our country because Islam is at odds with freedom.

Future generations will wonder to themselves how we in 2010, in this place, in this room, earned our most precious attainment. Whether there is freedom in this debate for both parties and thus also for the critics of Islam, or that only one side of the discussion may be heard in the Netherlands? Whether freedom of speech in the Netherlands applies to everyone or only to a few? The answer to this is at once the answer to the question whether freedom still has a home in this country.

Freedom was never the property of a small group, but was always the heritage of us all. We are all blessed by it.

Lady Justice wears a blindfold, but she has splendid hearing. I hope that she hears the following sentences, loud and clear:

It is not only a right, but also the duty of free people to speak against every ideology that threatens freedom. Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States was right: The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

I hope that the freedom of speech shall triumph in this trial.

In conclusion, Mister Speaker, judges of the court.

This trial is obviously about the freedom of speech. But this trial is also about the process of establishing the truth. Are the statements that I have made and the comparisons that I have taken, as cited in the summons, true? If something is true then can it still be punishable? This is why I urge you to not only submit to my request to hear witnesses and experts on the subject of freedom of speech. But I ask you explicitly to honour my request to hear witnesses and experts on the subject of Islam. I refer not only to Mister Jansen and Mister Admiraal, but also to the witness/experts from Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Without these witnesses, I cannot defend myself properly and, in my opinion, this would not be an fair trial."

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Wilders ha dichiarato: "Se a un politico non è piu' permesso criticare un'ideologia, allora abbiamo già perso, e questo porterà alla fine delle nostre libertà."

Dovremmo tutti meditare sulle sue parole, e su quello che sta passando Wilders per difendere la nostra civiltò e i valori su cui essa si fonda.