{"id":46744,"date":"2024-04-16T15:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=46744"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T11:10:36","slug":"new-adf-international-backs-emergency-legal-challenge-after-brussels-police-shut-down-natcon-conference-citing-views-on-abortion-marriage-and-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/nat-con-legal-challenge","title":{"rendered":"NEW: ADF International backs emergency legal challenge after Brussels police shut down \u201cNatCon\u201d conference citing views on abortion, marriage, and the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46744\" class=\"elementor elementor-46744\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ef95a17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ef95a17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-528c507c\" data-id=\"528c507c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7c555f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f7c555f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Aptos\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Aptos&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">An emergency legal challenge has been filed against the Brussels authorities responsible for ordering police to shut down peaceful conference because it platformed views that were \u201c<\/span><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">ethically <\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">conservative<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span>\u00a0<\/li><li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Aptos\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Aptos&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;-&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Authorities cite pro-life views <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">among the<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> reason<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to censor conference; ADF International supports <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NatCon\u2019s<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> challenge <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">to protect<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">free speech<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1932a81f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1932a81f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-46817\" alt=\"Paul Coleman at NatCon in Brussels\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-NatCon.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3685f42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3685f42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">BRUSSELS (16<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> April 2024) &#8211; <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">n emergency<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> legal challenge has been filed regarding the decision of authorities to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">prohibit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a conservative conference<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">hosted in Brussels <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">from continuing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> since <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">12pm today. The venue has been surrounded by police, and speakers and guests are being denied access.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The order, issued by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Emir Kir, the mayor of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode district in Brussels, where the conference venue is located, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and seen by ADF International, cites the reason for shutting down the conference as including:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">that [NatCon\u2019s] vision is not only ethic<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">ally conservative (e.g. hostility to the <\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">legalisation<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> of abortion, same-sex unions, etc.) but also focused on the defense of \u201cnational sovereignty\u201d, which implies, amongst other things, a \u201cEurosceptic\u201d attitude&#8230;\u201d,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It also states that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">some of the speakers <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201care reputed to be traditionalists\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the conference must be banned <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cto avoid foreseeable attacks on public order and peace\u201d.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">The National Conservatism conference, which features various elected officials, including former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, and Catholic leader Cardinal M\u00fcller from Germany, was cancelled by two venues before securing a third hotel venue near the European Quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba3f3ed elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"7ba3f3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cADF International is supporting an emergency legal challenge against the mayor\u2019s order to shut down the conference,<\/span> arguing it is contrary to the fundamental rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly - the pillars of truly democratic societies.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Paul Coleman, British lawyer and Executive Director of ADF International, and a speaker at the conference on National Conservatism.<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8a46b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a8a46b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"A watershed moment\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cfffed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11cfffed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">ADF International <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">is <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">supporting a legal challenge to the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">order <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">issued by <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">mayor<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Emir Kir on the grounds that he acted <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">outside <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">his competence to shut down free and peaceful dialogue <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">based on a <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">politically-motivated<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">justification<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">in violation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"none\">of freedom of assembly.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kir, who complained that the conference hosted personalities from \u201cthe conservative, religious right\u201d, was removed from the Socialist Party in Belgium in January 2020 for meeting with members of \u201cfar-right\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">political <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">organisations <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">which support the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">AKP <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">government <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">in Turkey, responsible for cracking down on religious freedom and expelling Christian residents from the country<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The following statement may be attributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/paul-coleman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Coleman<\/a>, British <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">lawyer<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and Executive Director of ADF International, and a speaker at the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOpen dialogue is supposed to be at the core of European politics; yet here in the capital of the EU, a thoughtful exchange on policy has been shut down by unilateral decree. This is a watershed moment where the true censorship crisis in Europe is on full public display.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The crushing of political opinions opposed by those in power is something that should be relegated to the darker chapters of European history.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International is supporting an emergency legal challenge against the mayor\u2019s order to shut down the conference, arguing it is contrary to the fundamental rights to <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-focus\/freedom-of-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freedom of speech<\/a> and freedom of assembly &#8211; the pillars of truly democratic societies.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"><b>Coleman recorded a statement live from outside of the venue:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fab8601 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"fab8601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Paul-LIVE.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c6f487f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6c6f487f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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