Police in Brussels have stormed a right-wing conference attended by Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman after orders for the event to be shut down.
Local authorities ordered the controversial National Conservatism (NatCon) Conference to be closed to “guarantee public safety”.
Ms Braverman, the former home secretary, and Mr Farage, the former Ukip leader, were among the political names advertised to speak at the event on Tuesday alongside right-wing Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban.
Officers arrived after the event began at the Claridge venue in central Brussels to tell organisers the event would be shut down. According to a report on social media, police arrived while Mr Farage was addressing the event, giving attendees 15 minutes to leave the venue. However, officers did not appear to force the event to shut down and speeches continued.
Police have now said they will not let anyone else into the venue and people can leave and not re-enter.
Emir Kir, mayor of the area where the conference was held, said: “I issued an order from the mayor to ban the ‘National Conservatism Conference’ event to guarantee public safety.
“In Etterbeek, Brussels City and Saint-Josse, the far-right is not welcome.”
Conference organisers said they were launching a legal challenge to Mr Kir’s order, adding: “There is no public disturbance and no grounds to shut down a gathering of politicians, intellectuals, journalists, students, civic leaders, and concerned citizens.
“The police entered the…
Read moreThe left MUST censor the right because they have no facts to refute their positions. When people hear conservative positions argued cohesively (like Nigel does) they begin to switch sides.
Those pushing to censor the other side are never the good guys.
Waffles
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Antifa have tried to shut down the event and already forced it to change venues last minute.
Is this Belgium or Cuba?
Instead of forcibly removing everyone from the conference, police are apparently using the tactic of not letting people return once they leave to smoke, get food or drink.
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Considering the involvement of controversial figures in this conference, do you think personal safety concerns justify halting such gatherings?
@9LKZVSR2wks2W
I think that personal safety is something that is undermined in cases of large conferences and needs to be paid more attention to.
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