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Arrest in the Czech Republic
Wikinews has related news: Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2009
On April 24, 2009, it was reported that Duke, who had arrived in the Czech Republic at the invitation to deliver three lectures in Prague and Brno to promote his book My Awakening, was arrested on suspicion of "denying or approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes" and "promotion of movements seeking suppression of human rights," which are punishable by up to three years in prison in the Czech Republic. At the time of his arrest, Duke was reportedly guarded by members of a far-right group known as "Národní Odpor" which means national resistance.[130][131] The Czech police reportedly released Duke in the early hours of April 25, 2009, and ordered him to leave the country by midnight. Police accused him of promotion of movements suppressing human rights.[132][133][134] He was released on the condition that he leaves the country by midnight on April 25, 2009.[135][136]
Wikinews has related news: Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2009
On April 24, 2009, it was reported that Duke, who had arrived in the Czech Republic at the invitation to deliver three lectures in Prague and Brno to promote his book My Awakening, was arrested on suspicion of "denying or approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes" and "promotion of movements seeking suppression of human rights," which are punishable by up to three years in prison in the Czech Republic. At the time of his arrest, Duke was reportedly guarded by members of a far-right group known as "Národní Odpor" which means national resistance.[130][131] The Czech police reportedly released Duke in the early hours of April 25, 2009, and ordered him to leave the country by midnight. Police accused him of promotion of movements suppressing human rights.[132][133][134] He was released on the condition that he leaves the country by midnight on April 25, 2009.[135][136]