Dan Park
Dan Park is a Swedish artist who has been convicted of inciting hatred. He has also been involved in attempts to start Pegida Swerige, an off-shoot of the PEGIDA movement that started in Germany.
Activities
Race hate convictions
Park was convicted of defamation and inciting hatred against an ethnic group in August 2014. The case related to nine posters, displayed in the Malmö art gallery Rönnquist & Rönnquist, owned by his associate and Pegida Swerige founder Henrik Rönnquist. The images displayed included black men with nooses around their necks and suggestions that Roma community leaders condoned crime. According to The Guardian, Park has several similar convictions.[1]
Pegida Sweden
Park was reportedly an organiser of a poorly attended Pegida Swerige demonstration that took place in Malmö on 9 January 2015.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art, The Guardian, 22 August 2014, accessed 13 February 2015
- ↑ Thousands gather to oppose Pegida demo, Radio Sweden, 9 February 2015
