Pegida Netherlands

Pegida Netherlands
Pegida Nederland
Leader Edwin Wagensveld
Founded 11th of October 2015
Headquarters Dresden, Germany
Ideology Anti-Islamisation
Affiliation Fortress Europe[1]

Pegida Netherlands is the Dutch branch of the German movement Pegida. It had its inaugural rally on the 11th of October 2015 in Utrecht. Those in attendance included Lutz Bachmann, Siegfried Däbritz, and Tommy Robinson.[2]

Pegida Netherlands leader Edwin Wagensveld speaks during a demonstration in Apeldoorn[3]
Frontal view of the Pegida logo (click to zoom in)

Pegida Netherlands is a signatory to the Prague Declaration[1] and participated in the Europe-wide demonstrations on the 6th of February 2016.[4] On the 20th of February 2016, Edwin Wagensveld, leader of Pegida Netherlands, was arrested for wearing a pig hat during a demonstration in Ede. He was in police custody for an hour.[5] He was arrested a second time that month at Amsterdam city hall on the 27th of February 2016 for using the Pegida logo, which shows a swastika being thrown into a trash can (logo shown right). The city said, "The use of swastikas will not be tolerated, even if they are included in a protest sign or other form of expression where the National Socialist ideology is rejected, or in any other manner of speech whatsoever." That day numerous members of Pegida Netherlands were wearing pig hats.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fortress Europe: PEGIDA to be joined by 14 anti-Islam allies for mass February protests". Russia Today. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Hopkins, Steven (11 October 2015). "Tommy Robinson Helps Launch Pegida Netherlands, Implores Crowds To 'Stand Together To Fight Islamification'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Pieters, Janene (18 January 2016). "MOSTLY QUIET PEGIDA ANTI-ISLAM PROTEST STARTS LATE, ENDS EARLY". NL Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Edmunds, Donna (7 February 2016). "PEGIDA in Europe: Irish leader hospitalised; French General Arrested". Breitbart News. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pegida-voorman aangehouden bij demonstratie Ede". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Newmark, Zack (29 February 2016). "PEGIDA LEADER ARRESTED IN AMSTERDAM FOR SWASTIKA FLAG". NL Times. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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