"Punishment for insulting the head of state old-fashioned '

Tavern will 'ASAP' come up with a motion instructing the government to change the law. ,, Humour, satire, mockery and insult are part of our open and free society. It can not be that through the courts foreign leaders with long toes trying to undermine our fundamental rights. ''

Opposition party D66 is already working on their own bill to get deleted the article. ,, It's no longer this time to insult a head of state to heavier penalties than an ordinary citizen, '' said D66'er Kees Verhoeven.

In Germany, a flurry of criticism after Chancellor Merkel the Public Prosecutor (OM) has given permission to sue the comedian John Böhmermann. The Turkish president Erdogan had filed a complaint against him because Böhmermann had called him, among other goat fucker.
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In the Netherlands it is illegal to offend a friendly head of state. Unlike in Germany do not have to decide the political will or the Prosecutor may proceed with prosecution. But could call a Dutch comedian Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan a goat fucker here, he can lodge a complaint here and can pass the OM to prosecute. The maximum penalty is two years imprisonment, which can have more than one for insulting a commoner.

In the 30s there are people prosecuted for insulting Hitler. A writer received 200 guilder fine for Hitler 'hysterical' above. In the '60s, a student sentenced to two weeks in prison for chanting the slogan, "Johnson Assassin' about US President Lyndon Johnson. Then changed the law and anyone can be prosecuted as the head of state himself does return, as Erdogan last week did in Germany.

Prime Minister Rutte will not respond to the issue. In the past Rutte always found that freedom of expression should not be curtailed, but in this case he wants his fingers not to burn. ,, This is a matter between Germany and Turkey. The Turkish president is offended, the German government must respond. Europe does not touch. ''

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/  By: Hans van Soest Photo: AP