CERD/C/63/D/27/2002 Page 3 “Engage the military against the Mohammedan terror! … Dear fellow citizen, it is that war-like culture these foreigners enrich our country with … Disrespect for this country’s laws, mass-rapes, violence, abuse of Danish women by shouting things like ‘horse’, ‘Danish pigs’ etc.. And now this civil war-like situation.” 2.3 For these two actions, the Odense police charged Ms Andersen with a violation of section 266(b) of the Danish Criminal Code (“section 266(b)”).1 She was later convicted (see paragraph 2.8). On 5 September 2001, the Progressive Party placed a newspaper invitation to a lecture by the former party leader, Mogens Glistrup, which read that: “The Bible of the Muhamedans requires: The infidel shall be killed and slaughtered, until all infidelity has been removed.” 2.4 From 20 to 22 October 2001, the Progressive Party held its annual meeting. This meeting, of a party running for Parliament, was required by law to be broadcast on public television. A number of speakers presented the following views: Margit Guul (member of the party): “I’m glad to be a racist. We shall free Denmark of Mohammedans”, “the black breed like rats”, “they shall have a hand cut off if they steal” Bo Warming (member of the party): “The only difference between Mohammedans and rats is that the rats do not receive social benefits” Mogens Glistrup (former party leader): “Mohammedans are going to exterminate the populations in those countries they have forced themselves into” Peter Rindal (member of the party): “Regarding Muslim graveyards, that is a brilliant idea, and preferably of such size that they all fit in them, and preferably at once” Erik Hammer Sørensen (member of the party): “5th columnists are walking around among us. The ones we have received commit violence, murder and rape” Vagn Andersen (member of the party): “The State has given these foreigners/strangers jobs. They work in our slaughterhouses, where they without problems can poison our food, and endanger our agricultural export. Another form of terrorism is to break into our water supply facilities and poison the water” 2.5 After witnessing this meeting, the petitioner requested the Documentation and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination (“DRC”) to file a criminal complaint against the Progressive Party for a violation of section 266(b). The DRC filed a complaint with the Chief Constable of the Thisted police, the city of residence of the Progressive Party leader. On 31 October 2001, the complaint was rejected on the basis that section 266(b) did not apply to legal persons such as a political party. On 3 December 2001, the Aalborg Regional Public Prosecutor upheld this decision. 2.6 Thereupon, the petitioner requested the DRC to file a criminal complaint against each member of the executive board of the Progressive Party, for violation of sections 23 and 266(b) of the Criminal Code. On 11 December 2001, the DRC complained that Ms Andersen, 1 Section 266(b) of the Criminal Code provides as follows: “(1) Any person who, publicly or with the intention of wider dissemination, makes a statement or imparts other information by which a group of people are threatened, insulted or degraded on account of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual inclination shall be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years. (2) When the sentence is meted out, the fact that the offence is in the nature of propaganda activities shall be considered an aggravating circumstance.”