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EU wants Australian in jail for opinions expressed in Australia
Posted on 10.07.08 by Thomas L. Knapp
Source: Classically Liberal Author: CLS “Mr. Toben lives in Australia where freedom of speech still prevails on the matters he harps about. And he recently was flying through London. But his opinions are not illegal there either. And he never committed the offence of expressing an illegal opinion within Germany itself. But the EU issued an arrest warrant anyway. And the British government, under that warrant, arrested Toben on behalf of the German authorities. Germany asserts that Toben expressed his opinions on the internet and since Germans can read the internet they have the right to put Toben on trial in Germany. Note that Germany is claiming world-wide jurisdiction over what opinions one may express on the internet. And it appears the Labour government in the UK is willing to arrest people on behalf of Germany even if the offence is not a offence in England, or in the jurisdiction where the person physically resided when he expressed this opinion.” (10/06/08) Link: http://tinyurl.com/4zyvgj Filed under: RRND Commentary | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |









