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David Duke ordered out of Czech Republic

Ex-KKK leader, arrested on suspicion of denying Holocaust, banned from promoting his book

Czech authorities have released former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from detention and ordered him to leave the country.

 

Police spokeswoman Katerina Rendlova says Duke must leave the Czech Republic by midnight Saturday after he was detained on suspicion of denying the Holocaust.

 

Duke was in Prague on an invitation from a neo-Nazi group to promote the Czech translation of his book "My Awakening." Police took him into custody Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust, which is a crime in the Czech Republic.

 

Prague's Charles University also banned Duke from giving a lecture there Friday. He was scheduled to give lectures over the weekend in both Prague and the country's second-largest city of Brno.

 

A police spokesman said no charges would be brought against Duke, who is a former US presidential contender and advocates racial separation.

 

Reuters contributed to this report

 


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