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| Poland to white nationalist Richard Spencer: keep out | |
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| The Polish government has expressed strong objections to plans by American white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at a far-right conference in Warsaw in November, but did not say if it would prevent him from entering the country. | The Polish government has expressed strong objections to plans by American white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at a far-right conference in Warsaw in November, but did not say if it would prevent him from entering the country. |
| Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski described Spencer as someone “who defames what happened during World War II, defames the Holocaust.” | Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski described Spencer as someone “who defames what happened during World War II, defames the Holocaust.” |
| “He should not appear publicly, and especially not in Poland,” Waszczykowski said on Friday. | “He should not appear publicly, and especially not in Poland,” Waszczykowski said on Friday. |
| Spencer, 39, is the white supremacist leader who organized the August rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that turned violent, killing a woman. He was invited by far-right Polish organizations to speak at a conference on 10 November, a day before Poland’s independence day holiday. | Spencer, 39, is the white supremacist leader who organized the August rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that turned violent, killing a woman. He was invited by far-right Polish organizations to speak at a conference on 10 November, a day before Poland’s independence day holiday. |
| In past years a march by far-right extremists on 11 November has become one of the largest extremist gatherings in Europe. | In past years a march by far-right extremists on 11 November has become one of the largest extremist gatherings in Europe. |
| The foreign ministry said “as a country which was one of the biggest victims of Nazism, we believe that the ideas promoted by Mr Spencer and his followers could pose a threat to all those who hold dear the values of human rights and democracy”. | The foreign ministry said “as a country which was one of the biggest victims of Nazism, we believe that the ideas promoted by Mr Spencer and his followers could pose a threat to all those who hold dear the values of human rights and democracy”. |
| It also said Spencer’s views “are in conflict with the legal order” of Poland. | It also said Spencer’s views “are in conflict with the legal order” of Poland. |
| It was not clear Friday if the ministry’s objection meant action would be taken to ban Spencer from entering the country. A spokeswoman for the Polish Border Guard told the Associated Press that she could not divulge whether Spencer was put on a list of people who would be denied entry to the country, citing privacy regulations. | It was not clear Friday if the ministry’s objection meant action would be taken to ban Spencer from entering the country. A spokeswoman for the Polish Border Guard told the Associated Press that she could not divulge whether Spencer was put on a list of people who would be denied entry to the country, citing privacy regulations. |
| Hungary in October 2014 banned a conference of Spencer’s think tank, the National Policy Institute. When Spencer tried to hold an informal gathering anyway he was arrested, deported and banned from Europe’s visa-free Schengen zone for three years. | Hungary in October 2014 banned a conference of Spencer’s think tank, the National Policy Institute. When Spencer tried to hold an informal gathering anyway he was arrested, deported and banned from Europe’s visa-free Schengen zone for three years. |
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