Free Press Society (Denmark)
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]
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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.[2]
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.[3] 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.'[4].
People
- Lars Hedegaard - President
- Katrine Winkel Holm - Vicepresident / chairwoman[5]
- Aia Fog - deputy chairperson[5]
Awards
The Society issues two annual awards - The Free Speech Award and the Sappho Award.[6]
Free Speech Award
- 2006 - Shabana Rehman and Roy Brown
- 2007 - Daniel Pipes[7]
- 2008 - Ibn Warraq[8]
Sappho Award
- 2008 - Kurt Westergaard[9]
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
- ↑ Swedish artist sentenced for 'racist' art, The Guardian, 22 August 2014, accessed 13 February 2015
- ↑ Is art becoming the ultimate refuge of racism in Sweden and Denmark?, ENAR, 8 October 2014, accessed 13 February 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
