Former Ku Klux Klan leader files complaint following Saturday’s arrest

Former leader of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke’s lawyer filed a formal complaint against the Czech state on Monday, following Mr Duke’s arrest in Prague on Saturday. David Duke was arrested and handed an expulsion order by Czech police shortly after arriving in the Czech capital for denying the Holocaust in his book My Awakening. Mr Duke had been invited to speak in the Czech Republic by a far-right group, Národní odpor. He was arrested in a Prague restaurant on Saturday evening before he was able to address his hosts. On Monday, his lawyer, Kolja Kubíček, refused to say whether Mr Duke was planning on suing the Czech state for damages.

Author: Rosie Johnston