Czech police arrest former Ku Klux Klan leader Duke

Prague - The Czech police arrested David Duke, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan racist movement, in Prague today on suspicion of promotion of movements seeking suppression of human rights, Prague police spokesman told CTK.

Arriving in the Czech Republic at the invitation of local neo-Nazis, Duke was to give lectures in Prague and Brno.

Duke, a U.S. citizen, is suspected of denying or approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes. This crime is punishable by up to three years in prison in the Czech Republic.

According to an Internet text signed by Filip Vavra, who is linked to the neo-Nazi National Resistance group, Duke has visited the Czech Republic in order to promote his book My Awakening.

Czech lawyer Klara Kalibova said some passages of the book can be interpreted as an effort at justifying or challenging the Holocaust.

Czech police are reportedly focusing on the book as well.

Duke was to give three lectures in the Czech Republic. The first was to take place at Prague's Charles University, but the university has banned it.

The other two lectures were to be held in the centre of Prague on Saturday and in Brno, capital of Moravia, on Sunday, according to the website presenting Duke's visit.

Some Czech politicians assessed Duke's visit negatively earlier this week. Disapproving stand in this respect has been expressed by Interior Minister Ivan Langer and Human Rights and Minorities Minister Michael Kocab.

By CTK

Comments

[Robert M. Stockmann]

This is a classic setup. Prague's Charles University had booked Dr.
Duke for a couple of lectures. So Duke steps on a plane to Prague. The
moment he had checked through passport control, Charles University
cancels Duke's booking. The next moment Duke is arrested.

This doesn't do much good to the City of Prague and its Zionist
Municipality. But then again this treasonous behavior goes way back to
the 1500s when during the reign of Elizabeth I, Prague was used as
overseas stakeout headquarters by Walsingham and John Dee.

[Robert M. Stockmann]

"Arriving in the Czech Republic at the invitation of local neo-Nazis, Duke was to give lectures in Prague and Brno."

local neo-Nazis ... inside the Zionist Municipality of Prague? Give me a break.