Free speech: South Wales Police force orders officers to keep tabs on Britons’ anti-Islam comments

A police force has ordered its officers to keep a record of Britons’ anti-Islam comments.

South Wales Police has been accused of undermining free speech after directing its officers to log any behaviour deemed “hostile” towards Muslims that exceeds what the force considers “legitimate” debate about Islam.

The Free Speech Union has now issued a formal demand for the constabulary to rescind the guidance, and has threatened a judicial review should it refuse to comply.

Its founder Lord Young warned the policy risks “penalising people for expressing misgivings about Islam”, which he argues contradicts statutory protections for free speech.

The union’s lawyers have written to the force arguing that its internal memo “gives rise to an unjustified chilling effect on lawful expression and belief”.

Critics have argued the approach effectively grants individual police officers the power to determine what constitutes acceptable discourse about religion.

The concern centres on what happens when an officer judges that someone has overstepped “boundaries” in discussing Islam or Muslims.

In such cases, the force would create an anti-social behaviour incident record.

This would be accessible to future employers if those who fall foul of officers undergo vetting for a job.

The union’s legal correspondence says people “are deterred from expressing religious, philosophical or political views, or from manifesting their beliefs, by the knowledge that doing so may result in police categorisation and recording as an instance of hostility notwithstanding the absence of any criminal conduct.”

Multiple other police forces are said to have adopted similar approaches.

Labour formally unveiled its anti-Muslim hostility definition in March, having abandoned earlier attempts to define Islamophobia amid criticism that such a definition would amount to a blasphemy law.

This official definition covers the “prejudicial stereotyping” of Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, treating them as a collective defined by fixed negative characteristics with intent to encourage hatred, regardless of their individual opinions or actions.

The Government also built in explicit safeguards protecting the right to criticise or ridicule the religion.

However, South Wales Police’s interpretation adds additional wording which opponents warn strips away these protections.

The force has said its definition is not meant to restrict “legitimate discussion, scrutiny, or differing viewpoints”, but tells officers to record relevant conduct “appropriately”.

The FSU’s legal letter says individual officers should not beocome responsible for determining what qualifies as “legitimate” expression, arguing this creates “an unacceptable risk of unlawful interference with protected rights.”

The European Convention on Human Rights includes safeguards freedom of expression, including speech that may offend, shock or disturb.

It also protects “freedom of thought, conscience and belief”, including the right to hold religious or philosophical beliefs which may be critical of or “incompatible” with others.

But the police’s interpretation of anti-Muslim hostility means that “individuals are left unable to predict whether their lawful speech or beliefs will attract police recording, or how any resulting record may be used, retained, or relied upon”, the letter says.

Lord Young also warned that public bodies adopting Labour’s definition would “gold-plate it, ignoring the free speech protections and penalising people for expressing any misgivings about Islam, even when it’s clear those misgivings are rooted in evidence, not prejudice”.

He said the default police response to reports of anti-Muslim hostility, even those clearly outside the definition, would likely be recording them as anti-social behaviour incidents, which remain disclosable in enhanced DBS checks.

A South Wales Police spokesman confirmed the force had “received correspondence from the Free Speech Union and the matter is ongoing”.

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UK backs down after pro-life Catholic grandmother wins free speech victory

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The Crown Office has backed down and refused to appeal the case of a Glaswegian Catholic grandmother, who was cleared in court after offering to speak with people in a “buffer zone.”

Rose Docherty, 75, was cleared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on April 27, when the judge dismissed two criminal charges of “influencing” against her, in the first ever victory under censorial national legislation introducing abortion facility “buffer zones” in the UK.

In a development that reinforces last month’s free speech victory, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Scotland’s public prosecutor, has refused to appeal the ruling and is now timed out of doing so.

They had one week to appeal the ruling, which expired on Tuesday, May 5. ADF International coordinated Mrs. Docherty’s legal defence.

The 75-year-old Christian grandmother was arrested last September merely for offering to speak with people in the vicinity of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and holding a sign that read: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want”, leading to outcry across the world, including from the U.S. State Department.

She did not approach anyone, did not speak about abortion, did not engage in any behavior that was obstructing, harassing or intimidating, and was not protesting.

Following her arrest, Mrs. Docherty was held in custody for several hours. She was refused a chair to sit on in her cell, despite making it known that she had had a double hip replacement.

With ADF International’s support, Mrs. Docherty is now considering all options to prevent the recurrence of her arrest and treatment, including legal action against the police.

Last September was the second time Mrs. Docherty had been arrested for peacefully offering consensual conversation in a “buffer zone.” Her first arrest for peaceful expression was on February 19, 2025, and the Procurator Fiscal later backed down and decided not to proceed with a prosecution in August, in a free speech win.

“Peaceful expression, which is protected by national and international law, can never be a crime.”– Rose Docherty

Mrs. Docherty was the first person to be criminally charged under Scotland’s 2024 “buffer zone” law, which forbids the “influencing” of anyone seeking to access, commit, or facilitate abortion and is enforced within 200 meters of every hospital where abortions occur. There are similar “buffer zone” laws in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.

On April 27, Sheriff Stuart Reid dismissed two charges of “influencing” against Mrs. Docherty, ruling that the charges violated her Article 10 ECHR right to freedom of expression.

Sheriff Reid found that the charges were not “prescribed by law,” since they failed to state or identify another person in the “buffer zone” that was present for the purpose of accessing, committing, or facilitating abortion, and who was criminally “influenced” by Mrs. Docherty’s actions, as is required by the law.

The judge concluded that the Procurator Fiscal had “failed to disclose an offence known to the law of Scotland” and dismissed the case pro loco et tempore, meaning the matter can be brought back if prosecutors bring improved evidence and decide that a prosecution continues to be in the public interest.

Rose Docherty said:

“I am very pleased with this development, which reinforces that offering consensual conversation is not a crime on any public street in Scotland—regardless of whether or not that street is in a ‘buffer zone’. Today, there is sadly an epidemic of loneliness and people experience coercion every day. An offer to speak, which can be freely accepted or refused by any person, could really help someone and should never be criminalised.

“Peaceful expression, which is protected by national and international law, can never be a crime. The authorities should learn from their failed attempts to censor me—a 75-year-old Christian grandmother, who has always lived in Glasgow—and refrain in the future from criminalising me or any person who lawfully expresses their rights in this country.

“I repeat my call for ‘buffer zone’ laws to be repealed in Scotland and across the UK, to prevent them being used to censor peaceful expression like mine.

“I am now consulting with my legal team and considering what actions are necessary, including legal action, to ensure the authorities are not able to repeatedly arrest, imprison and prosecute me for peacefully exercising my right to free speech.“

Barrister and legal counsel for ADF International, Jeremiah Igunnubole, commented:

“Rose’s free speech win last month has now been solidified by the Crown Office’s decision not to appeal. This is a victory for freedom of expression in Scotland and across the UK.

“Regardless of whether people agree with Rose’s pro-life and Christian views, all should be able to agree that offering to speak with people in a public space is not a crime and must never be treated as one.

“However, ‘buffer zone’ legislation across the UK continues to dangerously undermine the rule of law. It is inconsistent that Rose has been vindicated in Scotland, while our clients Livia Tossici-Bolt and Adam Smith-Connor have been criminally convicted for peaceful expression in ‘buffer zones’ elsewhere in the UK.

“The only way to robustly protect fundamental rights, uphold the rule of law in the UK, and ensure that ‘buffer zones’ are not used as a tool to censor lawful conduct is to repeal the deeply flawed, anti-free speech laws that impose thought-crime restrictions in Scotland and across the UK.

“We have already seen the US State Department strongly criticise the UK’s ‘buffer zone’ censorship and express deep concern over the cases of Rose and our other clients. If politicians do not act to protect free speech, the alarming reality is that Great Britain will cease to be a place where human rights are respected as they once were, and our reputation on the world stage will suffer as a result.

“Although Rose has been vindicated, she should never have been arrested. The process has become the punishment, with a deeply concerning chilling effect on free speech more broadly.

“We are now supporting Rose in considering all her options, including legal action, to ensure such treatment is not repeated or normalised. Standing in a public space offering a consensual conversation is not, as Sheriff Reid put it, “an offence not known to the law of Scotland”. We will continue to stand with Rose to keep the peaceful exercise of free speech rights out of the criminal courts.”

Background

Mrs.. Docherty’s censorial arrest sparked expressions of concern in the UK and around the world, including from the U.S. State Department, which described it as “another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe,” and from the Scottish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

The architect of Scotland’s 2024 “buffer zone” law, Gillian Mackay MSP, admitted on BBC Scotland that the vague prohibitions in the legislation could criminalize someone for praying visibly from a window in their home within the zone, “depending on who’s passing by the window.”

U.S. Vice President JD Vance highlighted this law as a particular matter for concern in his Munich Security Conference speech in February last year.

Read more about the case here.

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Male Student Claims Multiple Girls’ Regional Titles at New York Championship

A trans-identified male student has won gold in both girls shot put and discus at a New York high school sectional championship, defeating his female rivals by significant margins.

Jeff “Julia” Arnold, a trans-identified grade 12 athlete from Cicero-North Syracuse High School, claimed first place in both of the competitions he participated in in the Section III Class A-1 Championships hosted at his school on Wednesday.

In the shot put competition, Arnold claimed a personal best throw of 42 feet 5.5 inches, significantly ahead of second-place Keyonna Mitchell of Rome Free Academy with 38 feet 0.5 inches. Despite Mitchell herself earning a personal best, she still ended up still well behind Arnold’s mark.

Julia Arnold showing his medal at the regional championships.

In the discus competition, the results were even more stark. Arnold took first place with a throw of 132 feet, with Mitchell once again relegated to second place with a throw of 120 feet and 5 inches. However, below Mitchell, the third place competitor only managed a result of 93 feet and 10 inches, with Arnold out-throwing her by a staggering 39 feet.

This spring season, Arnold entered eight discus and shot put competitions, and came first in seven of them. The elite track and field Glenn D. Loucks Memorial Games, held in White Plains, New York each May, saw Arnold’s only non-first place finishes, when he came 3rd in the shot put and 2nd in the discus.

In social media posts, CNS Athletics celebrated Arnold’s success at the Section III Championships. One commenter said that Arnold’s numbers in the discus and shot put were “impressive,” with another correctly pointing out that the only reason why they were is because Arnold is “a male competing against females.”

With his performance at the Section III Championships, Arnold is expected to compete at the NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which is scheduled to be held on June 13 and June 14 at Webster Schroeder High School in Webster, New York.

Arnold is currently ranked #1 in girls 4KG shot put according to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, making him the highest performing “female” in the state in that category. He is also ranked #1 in his region and #2 in the state in girls 1KG discus.

In addition to participating in girls shot put and discus, Arnold has competed in on his school’s chess team. At the 2026 Upstate New York Scholastic Chess Championship, where Cicero-North Syracuse High School took first place, he was the only “girl” on his school’s team.

On his Hudl profile, Arnold features a Vatican City flag alongside the trans pride flag.

Arnold competing in the 2026 Upstate New York Scholastic Chess Championship.

In January of 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14201, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which directed federal agencies to interpret protections in Title IX on the basis of biological sex, not gender. The order stated that any federally funded educational institutions, such as schools or universities, who allow men to compete in women’s sports would lose their funding. However, New York is one of the states that has permitted students to compete in athletics not based on their biological sex, but the gender identity that they claim to be.

Responding to the executive order at the time, New York State Education Department officials issued joint guidance with the state Attorney General reaffirming that any students who were trans-identified could continue to play in their sports, with the guidance also stating that New York has “robust protections” for trans-identified students, and that schools were not allowed to ask students what their biological sex was before they could participate in sports.

A spokesperson from HeCheated, an independent platform that tracks male participation in female sports, noted that Arnold’s performance in girls athletics is particularly damning, and that he outperforms even other trans-identified male athletes currently known to be participating in girls shot put in the US.

“There is a huge sex-based performance difference in throwing, which is why the boys’ shot put is over three pounds heavier than the girls’. It is no longer possible to pretend these boys do not have any sort of advantage over girls and that their participation is fair. The athletic authorities in charge can’t possibly justify this while claiming to support female athletics. It’s just plain wrong.”

Marshi Smith of the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) echoed HeCheated’s concerns, and called upon the Department of Education and the Department of Justice to clamp down on schools refusing to protect the female athletic categories.

“The perception that the travesty of boys competing in girls’ sports is over and resolved simply isn’t true. Particularly in blue states across the country, schools, districts, and sports associations continue their flagrant defiance of federal law and openly challenge the current administration by refusing to comply with its clear ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’ Executive Order,” Smith said.

“Until there is accountability and painful punishment for schools, districts, and states that violate the rights of girls, there will continue to be no deterrent to undermining the accomplishments and dreams of female athletes nationwide,” she continued.

“Parents, coaches, and community members must speak out loudly against these injustices and be willing to challenge these violations in court. The Department of Education and the Department of Justice should use every available lever to make an example of those who violate the law. Inaction only emboldens those determined to erode the protections that generations of female athletes have fought to achieve.”

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Bardella Blasts ‘Civil War Scenes’ in Multicultural Riots Following Champions League Final

National Rally leader Jordan Bardella has lamented that France descended into what appeared to be “civil war”-like conditions following this weekend’s Champions League Final and said that the only way to fully restore order will be to regain control of immigration.

In the wake of Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain winning its second consecutive championship on Saturday in a dramatic shoot-out against London’s Arsenal FC, pandemonium erupted across France, with riots and looting breaking out in dozens of cities and towns.

According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, some 890 people were arrested between Saturday and Sunday, an increase of 45 per cent over last year. The minister also revealed that 178 police officers had been injured during the mayhem. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that multiple officers had been hit with what she described as “bombe agricole” — crude or home-made bombs — which left them with “terrible” injuries.

Appearing on broadcaster BFMTV on Monday morning, National Rally leader and potential presidential candidate Jordan Bardella said that he was “horrified” by the outburst of violence from the hordes of youths in Paris and other cities over the weekend.

“We saw scenes of near civil war in the heart of Paris, shops looted and vandalised, police officers attacked,” He said. “We witnessed an outpouring of violence to which we are becoming accustomed and which is only getting worse.”

“France has become a country where life and celebration are now totally impossible. There is no longer a single event related to football, a single sporting event, a single popular village festival without it systematically degenerating,” Bardella added.

The populist MEP urged the French public to “wake up” to the dangers facing them, warning that the mobs seen on the streets will soon “break down the doors of buildings and enter your apartments” if the government fails to regain control of immigration.

“There is obviously a link to our inability for thirty years to control immigration,” Bardella said, while noting that the unrest was frequently tied to “certain football clubs” which have a multicultural fan-base rather than other sporting events such as rugby or tennis, both of which recently held tournaments in France without any major issue.

Bardella was not alone in linking the violence to mass migration, with former Interior Minister and current presidential candidate Bruno Retailleau, who said that the riots were a result of immigration having eroded “respect for the law and the weakening of the republican pact.”

Others further afield also shared similar sentiments, with U.S. Senator Mike Lee saying that “mass deportations are in order” in response to footage of the Paris riots over the weekend.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders remarked, “If you import Africa, you become Africa.” The leader of Germany’s AfD party, Alice Weidel, simply stated: “Remigration”.

The French public also appears to be increasingly pessimistic about the state of their country, with a poll conducted before the violence over the weekend finding that over seven in ten believe that crime is “out of control” and that France risks becoming like Mexico, in which criminal gangs operate free from fear of the state.

Yet the government does not appear to share the same view, with Interior Minister Nuñez claiming on Monday that despite the widespread violence, looting, and rioting, the large number of arrests demonstrated that the response was “done well”.

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German court jails Syrian migrant for life over Islamist knife attack

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A Syrian migrant has been jailed for life for attempted murder after seriously wounding four people in an Islamist-motivated knife attack outside a bar in western Germany.

The Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf found that the 36-year-old, identified under German privacy rules only as Mahmoud M., was “driven by a radical jihadist mindset” when he carried out the assault. The attack took place on May 18, 2025, targeting football fans gathered outside a bar in the city of Bielefeld.

Carrying a hand-drawn Islamic State (IS) flag, he set out to attack the victims as representatives of Western society and to kill as many people as possible, the court said.

He used a modified walking stick fitted with an 18cm blade, prosecutors said. He wounded three people seriously before a fourth man tackled him, suffering serious injuries while overpowering the attacker.

The man fled the scene but was arrested near Düsseldorf the following day after a relative alerted police. The case was handed to federal prosecutors because of the apparent Islamist motive.

He was found guilty of four counts of attempted murder and other offences. The court ruled that he would remain in preventive detention if his sentence ends early, citing the gravity of his crimes.

The court noted that Mahmoud M. had repeatedly rejected the freedom-oriented way of life of Western societies and backed IS’s view that violent jihad against non-believers must be waged worldwide.

He belonged to IS in Syria from 2015 to 2016, operating in units around his home city of Raqqa. He has also told investigators he killed two people in Syria for the group, including his half-brother.

He fled to Turkey and arrived in Germany as an asylum seeker in 2023, where he consumed media glorifying IS and its ideology, the court said.

Islamist attacks have fuelled a heated debate about immigration in Germany in recent years.

The deadliest was a truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016 that killed 12 people.

In August 2024, a Syrian man stabbed festival-goers in the western city of Solingen, killing three people and wounding eight. He was convicted of murder and IS membership and sentenced to life in September 2025.

An Afghan man was also recently jailed for life over a jihadist stabbing in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed a police officer and wounded five people.

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‘Shitty Austrian’ – Black woman randomly attacks young Austrian woman in Vienna subway while screaming xenophobic remarks

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A Black woman assaulted a young Austrian woman on Vienna’s subway system on the U6 line in Meidling. The suspect also screamed xenophobic insults.

The 25-year-old victim said she was randomly attacked by the woman, who was wearing a pink dress in the video.

“Something like this has never happened to me in my life,” the victim told the Heute outlet, while also stating that she has been traumatized by the incident and has called in sick to her workplace.

According to the victim, she said the incident began on the subway. While speaking to her boyfriend, she was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by an unknown person as she got out of the train.

“I have never seen the person before in my life,” she said. However, the stranger claimed to have been laughed at by the 25-year-old. The Austrian woman denied it and simply went up the escalators.

That’s when the video begins, which showed the victim begin harassed and beaten on top of the escalator.

The aggressive Black woman pulled her hair and called her a “shitty Austrian” and a “bitch.”

Despite up to 40 witnesses, nobody did anything except for one man, according to the victim. That man had a skateboard and threatened the Black woman to back away.

“A whopping 40 people noticed this,” said the Viennese woman. However, she is grateful the one man helped her before the situation could escalate.

Police have opened an investigation, but so far there is no indication about who the perpetrator could be.

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UK: Essex Reform Council Ends ‘Net Stupid Zero’ Policies

Reform UK has scrapped Essex County Council’s net zero policies after taking control of the authority from the Conservatives, with the new leadership describing the climate agenda as costly and harmful to residents.

At the council’s first full meeting since last month’s local elections, council leader Peter Harris announced that any net zero strategies would be abandoned.

“It’s nuts, the whole net zero thing is net stupid zero, and I just don’t agree with it,” Harris told councillors.

Speaking later to the BBC, he said Reform would not continue what he described as a “net zero religion” that risked making residents poorer.

Deputy leader Russell Quirk backed the move, calling the pursuit of net zero a “ridiculous endeavour” that was “as pointless as it is foolish.”

“The quest for net zero is fatally expensive and ironically unsustainable,” he said, arguing that efforts by a single local authority would have a negligible effect on global emissions while countries elsewhere continued expanding industrial production.

The decision overturns policies introduced under the previous Conservative administration, which had adopted carbon reduction targets and established climate-related initiatives within the council.

Conservative councillor Lee Scott responded by arguing that while net zero policies required reform, councils should remain “open-minded” about climate change and recognise that some measures could reduce costs for residents.

The Essex decision is one of the clearest examples yet of how Reform intends to govern where it wins power.

Since making major gains in local elections, the party has used councils as a platform to pursue policies that distinguish it from both Labour and the Conservatives. In Kent, Reform councillors have proposed declaring an “illegal migration emergency,” arguing that record Channel crossings are placing unsustainable pressure on local services and finances.

Nationally, the party has proposed a “patriotic curriculum” for schools, greater emphasis on British history and national symbols, and a mass deportation programme for illegal migrants, including the construction of detention centres and withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights.

For supporters, Essex offers an early glimpse of what a Reform government might look like nationally: challenging the established political consensus and redirecting spending towards practical concerns such as infrastructure and public services.

After years in which Conservative administrations largely accepted many of the same assumptions as Labour on issues such as climate policy, Reform’s actions in Essex are likely to fuel debate over whether this is the kind of change voters could expect if Nigel Farage’s party eventually enters government.

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‘The girl was loaned out’ — Nine migrant minors avoid prison over gang rape of 14-year-old Belgian schoolgirl

In a verdict that has ignited righteous fury across Belgium and beyond, nine migrant minors from cultures alien to Western Civilization have been convicted of the repeated gang rape of a 14-year-old Belgian girl in Kortrijk will serve no prison time whatsoever.

Instead, according to reports from the Belgian press, youth court handed down slaps on the wrist—probation, community service, and counseling—exposing once again how globalist immigration policies and a broken justice system prioritize offenders over the safety of native, law-abiding citizens.

The attacks, which unfolded in a secluded forest during the 2024 Easter holidays, have left the victim’s life in ruins, while the perpetrators, many from North African and Somali backgrounds, face little more than a brief interruption to their routines.

The horror began in early April 2024 in Kabouterbos, a wooded patch squeezed between the E17 highway and a decaying social housing estate in Kortrijk. The girl’s then-16-year-old boyfriend lured her there under false pretenses, only for his group of migrant friends to ambush and gang rape her.

What followed was not a one-off crime but a calculated nightmare repeated over four days, with the victim being coerced into returning twice more for further violations by the same pack.

Court records confirm the assaults occurred between April 2 and April 6. The girl endured at least two rapes and multiple other sexual abuses during three separate incidents. Smartphones captured the depravity, with footage gleefully circulated on Snapchat among the group, turning the young teenage girl’s private trauma into public spectacle.

A source close to the investigation described the exploitation in stark terms: “The girl was loaned out and raped several times and in different ways.” This was no impulsive act but a systematic betrayal, enabled by the boyfriend’s repeated deceptions and the complicity of his circle.

After the third ordeal, the terrified 14-year-old finally summoned the courage to report the crimes to police. Investigators quickly identified 11 suspects, all male and aged 11 to 16 at the time. One boy, just 11 years old, was deemed too young for juvenile court proceedings. Another suspect was cleared after deeper scrutiny, leaving nine to face justice.

Those nine appeared before the juvenile court and were unanimously found guilty of rape, as reported by VRT on Friday. Seven received a mere 30 hours of mandatory community service each, a token penalty that mocks the severity of their brutal crimes.

The former boyfriend, identified as the instigator, received two years of strict conditional release. He must adhere to a guidance program focused on sexuality and relationships, maintain school attendance, and observe a complete contact ban with the victim.

Though briefly held in a closed institution after the initial complaint, he will not return there unless he violates his terms. Another youth was ordered into the identical sexuality and relationships program.

A third faces mandatory drug treatment as part of his lenient disposition. None will see the inside of a detention facility, despite the premeditated and repeated nature of the violence. The victim’s lawyer, Elise Standaert, painted a harrowing picture of the toll on her client during the marathon court session that stretched an entire day.

“It was extremely traumatic for her to see all the suspects again,” Standaert said. “Her daily life has been completely destroyed; she is no longer the same teenager she was back then.” Standaert continued, her voice underscoring the human cost: “She has gone through hell multiple times and will carry this trauma with her for the rest of her life.”

The girl has been provisionally awarded €15,000 in damages, a mere pittance, with a court-appointed expert tasked to assess further compensation for her shattered existence. Even the boyfriend’s own defense counsel, Thomas Vandemeulebroucke, acknowledged the gravity while attempting to soften his client’s role.

“He didn’t mean to lure her along, it originated from a certain group dynamic,” Vandemeulebroucke claimed. “My client deeply regrets what happened.”

Vandemeulebroucke also highlighted the family background, noting the parents were “wealthy people who have tried to give their son a good upbringing.”

He added a broader societal observation: “The parents don’t understand how this could happen. It also strikes me that suspects of such crimes are becoming younger and younger. That is very disturbing.”

One defense attorney for a suspect of Somali origin, Kelly Decaluwé, expressed unprecedented shock after 15 years in practice. “These are horrible facts,” she stated.

“The question is how it is possible that these children have lost all sense of norms. What should we do with this? How are we going to solve this?”Decaluwé framed the case as a challenge for the entire nation: “It is a question that should be asked not only to the juvenile judge but also to society as a whole. I have not yet experienced such facts in my 15-year career.”

Local authorities were quick to voice dismay when the allegations first surfaced. Kortrijk Mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne described the acts as “crappy” with “no words” to capture their horror.

Speaking both as a politician and “as a father of three young children,” he admitted awareness of the investigation but offered little beyond words of condemnation.The initial response to the crimes saw ten migrant minors arrested.

Four were placed under house arrest, while six were detained in a young offenders’ institution. Three of those detained were later released on conditional bail following early hearings, foreshadowing the ultimate leniency.

This case is not an isolated tragedy but a predictable outcome of unchecked mass immigration and multicultural experiments that have strained Belgian communities to the breaking point. Neighborhoods like the rundown social housing area near Kabouterbos have become flashpoints where cultural clashes erupt into violence against vulnerable locals.

Ordinary Belgians have long warned that open-border policies import wholly incompatible values and cultures, eroding the safety net that once protected daughters, sisters, and schoolgirls. Yet globalist elites in Brussels and beyond continue to push the same failed agenda, shielding offenders while native victims pay the price.

The lenient verdict underscores a deeper rot in Europe’s justice systems: juvenile courts, designed for minor mischief, now handle barbaric felonies with kid gloves. When perpetrators hail from migrant backgrounds, the instinct seems to be understanding and reintegration rather than decisive punishment.

Public outrage is mounting, fueled by the realization that Belgian sovereignty and cultural cohesion are being sacrificed at the altar of diversity and multiculturalism. Families in Kortrijk and across Flanders are asking the hard questions: How many more girls must suffer before immigration policies are reversed and borders are secured?

The victim’s ordeal, from ambush in the Gnome Forest to retraumatization in court, symbolizes the quiet desperation of a nation under demographic siege. Her trauma is permanent while the perpetrators’ minor inconvenience is temporary.

As details of the Snapchat videos and “loaned out” exploitation circulate, Belgians are confronting the uncomfortable truth: this is what unvetted migration from distant cultures looks like in practice.

Politicians like Mayor Van Quickenborne express shock, yet few dare link the crime wave to the very policies they champion.

This disconnect between rulers and the ruled is precisely why right-wing populist, immigration restrictionist voices, and those in favor of remigration are rising across the continent. For the 14-year-old girl and her family, justice remains elusive. A €15,000 payout and expert evaluation cannot restore innocence stolen in broad daylight by those who should never have been in Belgium to begin with.

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Vienna: Indian man stabs two men; one is in a life-threatening condition

A violent incident occurred on Saturday afternoon at Viktor-Adler-Platz in Vienna’s Favoriten district! At least four people got into an argument for reasons that remain unclear; two people were left with life-threatening injuries.
According to the Vienna police, during the altercation, a 25-year-old Indian national is said to have suddenly pulled out a knife at around 3.45 pm and attacked two men. A 28-year-old man was stabbed in the back, whilst a 31-year-old suffered a stab wound to the abdomen.

After the incident, the suspected attacker and an accomplice fled the scene. The 28-year-old victim also initially left the scene, whilst the 31-year-old suffered serious injuries.
Witnesses immediately alerted the police. Officers from the Keplergasse police station provided first aid until the Vienna Ambulance Service arrived.

The 31-year-old was then given emergency medical treatment and taken to a hospital’s emergency room – his condition is critical. The second injured person is also in hospital and is likewise in a critical condition.
Thanks to witness statements, the identity of the suspected perpetrator was quickly established. An intensive search is currently underway for the 25-year-old. The Vienna State Criminal Investigation Office, Southern Branch, has taken charge of the investigation.

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Vienna: Syrian man stabs four passers-by; one is in a life-threatening condition

Following the bloody attack on Viktor-Adler-Platz in Vienna’s Favoriten district, in which two men are in a critical condition, another shocking act of violence took place on Saturday night: a dispute in Leopoldstadt resulted in a knife attack that left several people injured. One victim is fighting for his life.
According to information released so far by the Vienna police, a 19-year-old Syrian national is alleged to have pulled out a folding knife during an altercation on Taborstraße and injured four men aged between 18 and 22. A 21-year-old man suffered stab wounds to the upper body and is in a critical condition.

The folding knife was seized. (Photo: Vienna Police Department)


Officers from the Praterstern police station became aware of the incident whilst on patrol. Initially, it was reported as a brawl; it was only upon arrival at the scene that the situation was identified as a knife attack. Additional police forces from the Innere Stadt and Brigittenau city police stations were then called to the scene.
The 19-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene. The knife believed to have been used in the attack was seized.
The four injured people were given first aid by the Vienna Ambulance Service and taken to hospital. The motive for the attack is currently unclear. Further investigations are being carried out by the Vienna State Criminal Investigation Office, Centre/East branch.

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