Prominent EU Activists Arrested, Harrassed for Opposing COVID Mandates
Officials in France and The Netherlands last month arrested and detained two prominent activists involved in initiatives opposing COVID-19-related restrictions and mandatory vaccination policies.
Officials in the Netherlands on April 3 re-arrested Willem Engel, a prominent campaigner against COVID-19 restrictions, claiming Engel violated the terms of his bail by discussing his case on social media. Engel is co-founder of the Dutch organization “Viruswaarheid” (“Virus Truth”), which is challenging the legality of COVID restrictions implemented in the Netherlands. He first was arrested last month and detained for two weeks before being released on bail. Engel is one of two well-known European activists arrested recently for speaking out against COVID mandates and lockdowns. The other, French attorney Virginie de Araujo-Recchia, serves on the international grand jury convened as part of the People’s Court of Public Opinion, co-founded by German attorney Reiner Fuellmich.