The proceedings

In January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ruled that the Public Prosecutor had to prosecute Geert Wilders on the basis of his political beliefs. This trial is in fact a political trial. What has already happened in non-democratic countries is now also taking place in the Netherlands, in the heart of Europe.

Yet this is not merely a lawsuit against Geert Wilders, it is also a lawsuit against freedom of speech, democracy and the truth.

• Do we stand for the freedom of speech in the Netherlands? Or do we abolish our most important fundamental right?
• Is the Netherlands really a democracy? Or do we by now only allow politically correct views?
• Can the truth be told in the Netherlands? Or do we proclaim the multicultural utopia?
• Will the lights go out? Or will freedom triumph? That is what it is all about.
• This trial is a trial against all freedom-loving people. A trial against millions. This is a trial against freedom.