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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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| + | ===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> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 11:02, 13 February 2015
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.[1]
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.[2]
People
- Lars Hedegaard - President
- Katrine Winkel Holm - Vicepresident / chairwoman[3]
- Aia Fog - deputy chairperson[3]
Awards
The Society issues two annual awards - The Free Speech Award and the Sappho Award.[4]
Free Speech Award
- 2006 - Shabana Rehman and Roy Brown
- 2007 - Daniel Pipes[5]
- 2008 - Ibn Warraq[6]
Sappho Award
- 2008 - Kurt Westergaard[7]
External Resources
- Daniel Pipes Speech, Google videos, 8 March 2007.
Notes
- ↑ Welcome to The Free Press Society, Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.
- ↑ Justin Cremer, Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art, The Local, 1 October 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Justin Cremer, Danish group selling 'racist' Swedish art, The Local, 1 October 2014
- ↑ Welcome to The Free Press Society, Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.
- ↑ Baron Bodissey, Daniel Pipes Heads For Denmark, Gates of Vienna, 3 March 2007.
- ↑ Welcome to The Free Press Society, Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.
- ↑ Welcome to The Free Press Society, Trykkefrihedsselskabet, accessed 23 September 2011.