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Charges laid in Polish sex case ... of them gathered at the Emila Skody square from where the banned neo-Nazi march was to set out. As none of them managed to get outside the synagogue, there were no conflicts. About 100 riot police, 30 police vans and a water canon were prepared against the neo-Nazis' march. The police vans barricaded the street leading to the synagogue. Traffic in the Sadech Petatricatniku street was discontinued for about an hour. Speeches were delivered by chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities Jiri Danicek, Czech Chief Rabbi Karel Sidon, Catholic Bishop Frantisek Radkovsky and deputy chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies Miroslava Nemcova (the Civic Democratic Party, ODS). They said the neo-Nazis were the people who had no respect for democracy and only abused it. "Using a false pretext of freedom of the speech, they wanted to march through Plzen," Nemcova said. Names of some deported Jews were read at the act of commemoration.
Assisted by hundreds of police, the crowd then moved to the Saint Bartholomew Cathedral where candles were symbolically lit. The neo-Nazi march that was to go past Plzen's Great Synagogue was scheduled for January 19, one day after the 65th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Plzen to the concentration camps. Plzen Mayor Pavel Roedl banned the neo-Nazi march on Thursday.
(Ceske Noviny)
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