Free Press Society (Denmark) - Revision history

Richard Bew at 15:11, 18 December 2015

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Richard Bew at 15:10, 18 December 2015

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Richard Bew at 16:57, 17 December 2015

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Melissa Jones: /* Funding */

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Funding

Melissa Jones at 06:43, 10 November 2015

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Melissa Jones: /* People */

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People

Melissa Jones: /* People */

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People

Hilary Aked: /* Displaying racist 'art' */

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Displaying racist 'art'

Hilary Aked: /* Displaying racist 'art' */

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Displaying racist 'art'

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−	[[Image:Danish_free_press_society.png‎\|\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Danish Free Press Society Logo, Credit: [http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm/ Free Press Society ]]	+	[[Image:Danish_free_press_society.png‎\|\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Danish Free Press Society Logo, Credit: [http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm/ Free Press Society] ]]
	The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>		The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>

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−	[[Image:Danish_free_press_society.png‎\|\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Danish Free Press Society Logo, Credit:~~screengrab from~~ http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm ]]	+	[[Image:Danish_free_press_society.png‎\|\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Danish Free Press Society Logo, Credit: [http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm/ Free Press Society ]]
	The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>		The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>

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		+	[[Image:Danish_free_press_society.png‎\|\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Danish Free Press Society Logo, Credit:screengrab from http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm ]]
	The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>		The '''Free Press Society''' [[Trykkefrihedsselskabet]] in Danish, is Danish organisation established in 2005 which claims that Islam is the main threat to freedom of expression.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>

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 ==Funding==
-Has received funds from the [[Middle East Forum]]'s educational fund.
+Has received grant from the [[Middle East Forum Educational Fund]].
 ===Free Speech Award===

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 ==Awards==
 The Society issues two annual awards - The Free Speech Award and the Sappho Award.<ref>[http://www.trykkefrihed.dk/free-press-society.htm Welcome to The Free Press Society], Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.</ref>
 ===Free Speech Award===

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−	Katrine Winkel Holm is the sister of Danish People's Party MP [[Marie Krarup]]. Together in October 2015 they hosted an event at the Danish ~~Parliament~~ for the 10th anniversary of the Mohammed cartoons publication. Speakers included [[Douglas Murray]], [[Henryk Broder]], [[Vebjørn Selbekk]], and [[Mark Steyn]].<ref> Mark Steyn, [http://www.steynonline.com/7209/freedom-security-and-incentivizing-violence Freedom, security, and incentivizing violence], Defend Free Speech, SteynOnline, 3 October 2015, accessed 14 October 2015 </ref>	+	Katrine Winkel Holm is the sister of [[Danish People's Party]] MP [[Marie Krarup]]. Together in October 2015 they hosted an event at the Danish parliament for the 10th anniversary of the Mohammed cartoons publication. Speakers included British commentator [[Douglas Murray]], German journalist [[Henryk Broder]], [[Vebjørn Selbekk]], and [[Mark Steyn]].<ref> Mark Steyn, [http://www.steynonline.com/7209/freedom-security-and-incentivizing-violence Freedom, security, and incentivizing violence], Defend Free Speech, SteynOnline, 3 October 2015, accessed 14 October 2015 </ref>

	==Awards==		==Awards==

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 ==People==
 *[[Lars Hedegaard]] - President
-*[[Katrine Winkel Holm]] - Vicepresident / chairwoman<ref name="Cremer1">Justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141001/danish-group-selling-racist-swedish-artists-works Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art], The Local, 1 October 2014</ref>
+*[[Katrine Winkel Holm]] - Vice president / chair<ref name="Cremer1">Justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141001/danish-group-selling-racist-swedish-artists-works Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art], ''The Local'', 1 October 2014</ref>
 *[[Aia Fog]] - deputy chairperson<ref name="Cremer1"/>
 ==Awards==

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 Park, who had several similar convictions, was found guilty of inciting hatred against an ethnic group in August 2014 in a case related to nine posters that included images of black men with nooses around their necks, displayed in a Malmö art gallery owned by [[Henrik Rönnquist]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/swedish-artist-sentenced-racist-art-dan-park Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art], The Guardian, 22 August 2014, accessed 13 February 2015</ref> The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) observed that such images 'reinforce deeply ingrained negative stereotypes of Black people and perpetuate power structures within European societies, leading to high levels of discrimination' and 'send the message that racist prejudices are socially and legally acceptable.'<ref name="ENAR">[http://www.enar-eu.org/Is-art-becoming-the-ultimate Is art becoming the ultimate refuge of racism in Sweden and Denmark?], ENAR, 8 October 2014, accessed 13 February 2015</ref>.
-Lar Hedegaard of the Free Press Society claimed to have sold some of Park's pictures through the 'Free Speech Library', reportedly 'a for-profit' offshoot of the Free Press Society.<ref name="Cremer2"/> After Danish radio station [[Radio24syv]] cancelled its plans to stage a 'happening' featuring Park's art<ref>[http://www.thelocal.dk/20140929/racist-swedish-artists-copenhagen-show-cancelled 'Racist' Swedish artist's Danish show cancelled], The Local, 29 September2014</ref>, Hedegaard stated that Danish artist [[Kristian von Hornsleth]] would display Park's art at the Copenhagen gallery [[Hornsleth & Friends]] in late October 2014.<ref name="Cremer2">justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141003/seller-of-swedens-most-dangerous-art-speaks-out The seller of 'Sweden's most dangerous art'] The Local, 3 October 2014</ref>
+[[Lars Hedegaard]] of the Free Press Society said the works were not racist and that his organisation wanted to show the works in support of free speech and claimed to have sold some of Park's pictures through the 'Free Speech Library', reportedly 'a for-profit' offshoot of the Free Press Society.<ref name="Cremer2"/> After Danish radio station [[Radio24syv]] cancelled its plans to stage a 'happening' featuring Park's art<ref>[http://www.thelocal.dk/20140929/racist-swedish-artists-copenhagen-show-cancelled 'Racist' Swedish artist's Danish show cancelled], The Local, 29 September2014</ref>, Hedegaard stated that Danish artist [[Kristian von Hornsleth]] would display Park's art at the Copenhagen gallery [[Hornsleth & Friends]] in late October 2014.<ref name="Cremer2">justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141003/seller-of-swedens-most-dangerous-art-speaks-out The seller of 'Sweden's most dangerous art'] The Local, 3 October 2014</ref>
 ==People==

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 ==Activities==
 ===Displaying racist 'art'===
-After self-declared Swedish 'artist' [[Dan Park]] was convicted of inciting racial hatred in Sweden, the Danish Free Press Society set up a website to sell some of Park's 'art' and sought to have them displayed in an exhibition in Copenhagen.<ref>Justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141001/danish-group-selling-racist-swedish-artists-works Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art], The Local, 1 October 2014</ref>
+After self-declared Swedish 'artist' [[Dan Park]] was convicted of inciting racial hatred in Sweden, the Danish Free Press Society set up a website to sell some of Park's 'art' and sought to have them displayed in an exhibition in Copenhagen.<ref name="Cremer1">Justin Cremer, [http://www.thelocal.dk/20141001/danish-group-selling-racist-swedish-artists-works Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art], The Local, 1 October 2014</ref>
 Park, who had several similar convictions, was found guilty of inciting hatred against an ethnic group in August 2014 in a case related to nine posters that included images of black men with nooses around their necks, displayed in a Malmö art gallery owned by [[Henrik Rönnquist]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/swedish-artist-sentenced-racist-art-dan-park Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art], The Guardian, 22 August 2014, accessed 13 February 2015</ref> The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) observed that such images 'reinforce deeply ingrained negative stereotypes of Black people and perpetuate power structures within European societies, leading to high levels of discrimination' and 'send the message that racist prejudices are socially and legally acceptable.'<ref name="ENAR">[http://www.enar-eu.org/Is-art-becoming-the-ultimate Is art becoming the ultimate refuge of racism in Sweden and Denmark?], ENAR, 8 October 2014, accessed 13 February 2015</ref>.
 ==People==