(NL Times) The judge ruling on the preliminary injunction adjusted the area ban that Arnhem Mayor Ahmed Marcouch imposed on Pegida leader Edwin Wagensveld. The ban is now valid until April 10. The original area ban would have prevented Wagensveld from stepping foot in Arnhem for six months.
Wagensveld wanted the area ban to be suspended. Marcouch was open to reducing the ban to three months but the injunction judge ruled that the ban is a drastic measure that should last as short as possible. Three weeks from the date that the ban started is reasonable, according to her.
She recognized that she cannot see the future and called it “in some sense an arbitrary decision to decide how long the fear for serious disorderly behavior will last.” That fear was the reason for the area ban.
