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FITNA: THE MOVIE Geert Wilders

UPDATE: WORLDWIDE REACTION TO WILDERS PROSECUTION Radio Netherlands

UPDATE: Here is a listing of most of the Dutch embassies located throughout the EU. Pick up the phone and give your local embassy a call and tell them what you think of their court system abusing freedom of speech in Europe. Go here

Support Geert Wilders
The Freedom Party (PVV) and Geert Wilders are faced with an all-out assault. Exploding legal expenses might cripple the continuation of the battle for our liberties. The survival of the Freedom Party and Geert Wilders’s struggle for the defense of the West are now in jeopardy.

Therefore,  your financial support urgently needed.

There are three ways of how you can donate money.

1. Via Paypal. More information on www.geertwilders.nl.

2. Support our Foundation. Stichting Vrienden van de PVV,

bank account : 67.04.72.344

Internationals donators add: IBAN: NL98 INGB 0670 4723 44

BIC: INGBNL2A

3. Send a cheque to: Stichting Vrienden van de PVV, PO Box 20018, zip code: 2500 EA The Hague, The Netherlands.

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Backstory here:

I AM GEERT WILDERS: “This is a black day for freedom.”
DUTCH COURT ORDERS GEERT WILDERS BE PROSECUTED

ATLAS STANDS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH WILDERS!

An appeals court on Wednesday overturned a previous decision by prosecutors not to charge Geert Wilders, and ordered that he stand trial.

"The decision of the court today was so strong that there is a real chance unfortunately that there will be a guilty verdict," Wilders told FOXNews.com. "In fact, it was so bluntly motivated that it already looks like a verdict instead of just ordering the public prosecutor to start a trial."

Wilders, who produced a controversial film that was highly critical of the Koran last year, says he faces a maximum of two years in prison if convicted. He said he had expected to be charged, and he has retained legal assistance from a U.S.-based nonprofit to help him defend himself.

Prosecutors initially declined last year to charge the right wing politician after he issued his short film, "Fitna," which juxtaposes Koranic verses over footage of violence committed by Islamic terrorists.

But, the Netherlands allows private citizens to petition the courts to compel prosecution. In Wilders' case, eight parties, including a politician from an opposing party, asked the courts to force prosecutors to bring criminal charges.

A three-judge appeals panel on Wednesday ruled that Wilders' insults to Islam were so egregious that the principle of free speech was not sufficient defense.

"The court considers [Wilders' film] so insulting for Muslims that it is in the public interest to prosecute Wilders," a summary of the court's decision said. The court explained that Wilders' claims in "Fitna" and other media statements were "one-sided generalizations ... which can amount to inciting hatred."

Wilders on Wednesday defiantly stood by the public statements that could put him in prison.

"I lost my freedom already four and a half years ago in October 2004, when my 24-hour police protection started because of threats by Muslims in Holland and abroad to kill me," he said.

"So of course I don't want to go to jail as a criminal, but I don't fear losing my freedom since I already lost my freedom in 2004."

(more here)

Click below for embassy contact info (hat tip Ed)

Netherlands Embassy Departments & Staff January 8, 2009

AMBASSADOR'S OFFICE
Ambassador: Renée Jones-Bos
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2501 - Annelies van der Heiden
Fax: (202) 966-4339
E-mail: was@minbuza.nl

Deputy Chief of Mission
Minister: Gerard van der Wulp
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2601 - Ita Suripatty
Fax: (202) 363-1032
E-mail: was-plvcdp@minbuza.nl

MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL AFFAIRS USA & Canada
Coordinator Management & General Affairs USA & Canada: Wim Henskens
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2641 - Marloes van Willigenburg
Fax: (202) 364-6511
E-mail: was-az@minbuza.nl

POLITICAL DEPARTMENT
Political Counselor: Jack Twiss Quarles van Ufford
Counselor: Nathalie Jaarsma
Counselor: Tim Heemskerk
Police/Justice Counselor: Richard Gerding
First Secretary: Robert Dresen
First Secretary: Josephine Frantzen
Second Secretary: Wouter Vidlund
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2607 - Marian Dijken
Fax: (202) 364-4213
E-mail: was-pa@minbuza.nl

ARUBA
Minister:Jocelyne Croes
Email:jocelyne.croes@minbuza.nl
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2601 - Ita Suripatty
Fax: (202) 237-8303
E-mail: was-plvcdp@minbuza.nl

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Minister: Norberto VIEIRA-RIBEIRO, LL.M.
Tel: dir.(202) 274-2624
(if no immediate reaction, please leave message on answ.mach.)
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2601 - Ita Suripatty
Fax: (202) 362-9671
E-mail:norbertov.ribeiro@minbuza.nl
(also: rubicon248@yahoo.com)
Representing the islands of Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Bonaire, and Curaçao

ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT
Minister: Stephan Raes
Deputy / Counselor: Marcel Beukeboom
Education/Science Counselor: Joost Taverne
Senior Advisor: Dale Morris
First Secretary: Wijnand Marchal
First Secretary: Suzanne de Groot
Advisor and Worldbank/IDB Liaison: Ms. Macha Kemperman
Liaison Officer Worldbank/IDB/PAHO: Suzanne Koopmans
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2615 - Esther Ruygt
Tel: (202) 274-2617 - Gerke Shuster-Borstel
Fax: (202) 966-0737
E-mail: was-ea@minbuza.nl

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, PRESS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Floris van Hövell
Advisor: Julia Koppius
Education & Public Information Officer: Peter Theunissen
Press Officer: Carla Bundy
Public Diplomacy Officer: Ingrid de Beer
Cultural Officer: Astrid Fitzgerald
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2633 - Yousra Jaddour
Fax: (202) 537-5124
E-mail: was-ppc@minbuza.nl

CULTURAL AFFAIRS USA (CONSULATE GENERAL, NEW YORK)
Counselor: Kees van Twist
Secretariat:
Tel: (212) 246-1430 x.208
Fax: (212) 581-6594
E-mail: nyc-pcz@minbuza.nl

CONSULAR DEPARTMENT
First Secretary: Wim Henskens
Vice Consul: Tessa Verburg
Tel: 1-877-DUTCHHELP (1-877-388-2443)
Fax: (202) 364-2410
E-mail: was-ca@minbuza.nl

ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Head Administrative Affairs: Wim Henskens
Deputy Head: Tessa Verburg
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2641 - Marloes van Willigenburg
Fax: (202) 364-6511
E-mail: was-az@minbuza.nl

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Defense Attaché:
Air Commodore (RNLAF) Tom de Bok, MA
Naval Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché:
Colonel(RNLMC) Jos Coumans
Military Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché:
Colonel (RNLArmy) Hans van der Louw, MA
Air Attaché and Assistant Defense Attaché:
Colonel (RNLAF) Rob de Rave, MA
Defense Cooperation Attaché:
Ms. Gertie Arts, MA

Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2687 - Mrs. Lisette Smit - van Oosterhout
Fax: (202) 537-5461
E-mail: was-defat@minbuza.nl

Defense Procurement Office Netherlands Defense Materiel Organization
Procurement Officer to the US NAVY: Commander RNLN Jan-Pieter de Rooij, MA
Procurement Officer to the US ARMY and NSA: Lieutenant Colonel Rob Wildenberg
Procurement Officer to the US AIR FORCE: Lieutenant Colonel Huub Straatman
Controller: Lieutenant Colonel Cor Diepeveen

Secretariat Foreign Military Sales:
Tel: (202) 274-2699 - Mrs. Gonnie Hartley
Fax: (202) 363-6779

Chief Commercial Procurement Office: Mr. Joeri van der Hoeff
Buyer: Master Chief Petty Officer Jeroen Neuteboom
Secretariat and Assistant Buyer:Ms. Marian Blokland
Tel: (202) 274-2703
Fax: (202) 244-2327

FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Victor Cramer
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2722 - Mieke van Duijnen
Fax: (202) 362-8345
E-mail: was-fa@minbuza.nl

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Frits Thissen
Agricultural Trade Officer: Caroline Berenschot-Feitel
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2716 - Sunny Lammers
Fax: (202) 244-3325
E-mail: was-lnv@minbuza.nl

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Paul op den Brouw
Attaché:Bart Sattler
Assistant: Barbara Staals
Secretariat: Gerda Camara
Tel: (202) 274-2727
Fax: (202) 966-0728
E-mail: nost@nost.org

HOUSING, SPATIAL PLANNING AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Counselor: Henriette Bersee
Environmental Officer: Jeannettine Veldhuijzen
Tel: (202) 274-2730
Fax: (202) 966-0728
E-mail: VROMwashington@aol.com

TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Pex J. Langenberg
Secretariat:
Tel: (202) 274-2736 - Nell Neal-Tieken
Fax: (202) 537-5123
E-mail: was-va@minbuza.nl

HEALTH, WELFARE and Sport DEPARTMENT
Counselor: Paul Thewissen
Health Affairs Officer: Daniëlle Lautenslager
Tel: (202) 274-2721
Fax: (202) 362-1859
E-mail: Click here for email

Comments

[moderationist]

Liberal fascism, pure and simple, is turning the Netherlands into a third world hellhole thugocracy. Next in line is turning America into a third world hellhole of hatred and fear.

[paul]

Just taken the link to the appeal an added to my site, will be covering this each and every day until the stupidity of the Dutch courts is overturned.

[GiGi]

I don't have much money but this is very important to us all. I am going to open a Pay Pal account and send $50 right now to help. It is only a little but if a whole lot of us give something it'll add up. I strongly believe this is, after all, a fight for all our lives. Thank you Pamela for staying on top of this. Thank you Geert Wilders for taking up the fight so few will. May God Bless and watch over you both.

[Sebaneau]

http://www.meforum.org/article/2053>Death to Free Speech in the Netherlands
by Brooke M. Goldstein and Aaron Meyer, American Spectator, 22 January 2009

…The very notion that a judge could weigh a man's freedom of speech against what the court construed <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7842344.stm> as "one-sided generalizations" is an absurd and dangerous misrepresentation of the very concept of free speech. However, that pales in comparison to the fact that a democratically elected and sitting member of government is going to be prosecuted for a thought crime for speaking to his constituents about matters of national security. In Iran dissdents are routinely arrested for holding opposing political views. Now we are seeing the same tactics being employed in Europe, but this time, enacted by Western governments at the behest of Islamist groups and against their own citizens…
Keep reading... http://www.meforum.org/article/2053

[kaps]

donation for geert wilders? done.

come on folks...put your money where your mouth is and help this modern day braveheart!

[Liam1304]

Below is a link to the Dutch government's website so you can make a complain to them.

http://www.government.nl/contact

[Rebel Rebel]

I did steal your photo of Geert and linked to the defense fund. Just like Jews persecuted in communist Russia were not forgotten by both Jews and righteous gentiles alike in the 70s and 80s in America, know we are out here and are on his side. That being said, I am no one. But I am thrilled to know that Daniel Pipes has got his back. Pipes is a genius and will not fail.

[Danish Bulldog]

Hate-Free Speech
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 4:20 PM PT

Islamofascism: A threat to basic freedom has opened a new front in the war on terror. Dutch filmmaker and politician Geert Wilders is finding out what it means to yell "truth!" in a crowded theater.

Wilders is a leader in the Dutch Freedom Party and a thorn in the side of politically correct Europeans who've been cowered by their increasing Muslim populations into accepting the creeping Islamicization of Europe — or Eurabia, as we and others have dubbed it.

...

On Wednesday the Dutch Court of Appeals ordered a criminal prosecution of Wilders, who is also a member of the Dutch parliament. "The Amsterdam appeals court has ordered the prosecution of member of parliament Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination, based on comments by him in various media on Muslims and their beliefs," the court said in a statement.

As his film shows, this largely amounts to quoting the Koran accurately and reporting the statements of Muslim organizations and their supporters, many of which can't be repeated here.

Wilders is in fact guilty of nothing but resisting the Islamicization of Europe and the attempt to impose Sharia law on the West. Suppressing all criticism of and debate about Islam is part of that move. Free speech and Sharia law are incompatible.

...

Read it all. This is an excellent editorial.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=317519642238243

[USpace]

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Good job Atlas! FREE Partij voor de Vrijheid! The Koran shouldn't be banned. Mein Kampf isn't a 'Holy Book', but it shouldn't be banned either, but you should be able to criticize it and the idiots who agree with it.

As many sane people know, Geert Wilders is NO racist. He is simply against out-of-control immigration; and against immigrants who won't assimilate; and the ones who beat Gays and rape non-Muslim women for not being covered up.
He is also very much against the ones who kill their own daughters and sisters for their 'family honor'.
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here's an absurd thought -
your Supreme God knows
Christ was a pedophile

and a raping terrorist
converting slaves by the sword
.
Muslims are not a 'race' anyway, they are followers of a religion/ideology and its Sharia Law.
Most Muslims aren't even Arabs, which by the way, is also not a 'Race'.

But their duty is, according to their Koran, to spread Sharia law over the whole Earth. It might take 100-200 years, if they succeed.

Is that the kind of world you want for your great-grand children's great-grand children? A Taliban Planet? I bet not.
Muslims are the biggest victims of Islam. Wilders is NOT against Muslims, he is against Islamic Fundamentalism.

We all should read the Koran, but be careful, for the Koran prohibits non-Muslims from reading it.
I wonder why.

This is BIG, this is REAL BIG! SPREAD THE WORD to the world everyone! The EU Mandarins have crossed the line! If this goes to court, how much more of the public will become aware of this tyranny?
All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech, then there can be no real freedom.

The Christians and Jews don’t riot when somebody makes fun of Christ or Jews. People must learn to be civilized, and held to account when they are not. Muslims included.
Geert Wilders is a hero spreading the painful truth. He MUST be protected!
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here's an absurd thought -
your Supreme God says
Christians are a race

who love the Jewish race
and the peaceful Buddhist race

.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe wants
Islam for everyone

submit to glorious life
slavery and servitude

.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
outlaw self-defense

exposing violent crimes
shall be deemed hate speech

.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
decide to change your race

just simply change religions
your religion is your race
.
All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. Without freedom of speech there can be no real freedom.
.

[Paige Perkins]

I have posted this information as well, in addition to that, I have posted information from legal-project.org for his legal defense fund as well. The Flaming Blog is also selling tee shirts and all of the profits go to Geert's Defense! Here is the link: http://theflamingblog.com/support-geert/

Thanks for getting the word out!

[JewishOdysseus]

The Paypal page has added an english version, I was having probs w/the Dutch...

NOTE: The payment is in Euros, not dollars--the ratio is ~1.3 dollars per Euro. Therefore, if you donate 50 Euros, it will deduct ~$65.00.

Godspeed to Mr. Wilders on this, his fight in 2009 is our fight in 2011 or so...But I suspect this will be an effective wake-up call, and a turning point in Europe.

[JewishOdysseus]

BTW, outta curiousity I checked out LGF on this...They have exactly one post on it (tho over 1090 comments)...Charles is blaming Wilders for bringing this down on himself, since he supposedly called for banning the koran.

Yeah, LGF really has their priorities in order. Right.

Ohhhh, and I also noticed they're having a "special, limited-time offer" for new people to sign up at LGF...Cd it have anything to do w/their miserable showing at the Blog awards (down from 18,000 votes last year to 6,000 this year)? Naaaaaahhhh...

[gastou]

STOP TALKING AND START ACTING.

If Geert Wilders falls, then Freedom of speech is dead in Europe. We are launching an extensive International Action SITA including two possible texts ; one comparing Wilders and Winston Churchill and another Wilders and Charlie Chaplin:

http://sitamnesty.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/i-support-democrat-geert-winston-wilders-against-islamic-fascism-and-its-dhimmis (Winston Eng)

http://sitamnesty.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/i-support-democrat-geert-charlie-wilders-against-islamic-fascism (Charlie Eng)

To support Geert Wilders and our dearly acquired freedoms please participate to the 2 suggested actions and transmit this message to your friends owners of a website in order they publish it.

An other way to support Geert Wilders is to give some money. To donate: www.geertwilders.nl