The Amsterdam Higher District Court, reversing the decision of the president of the Amsterdam Lower Court of last June, has ordered that the Jewish journalist, Hans knoop, and the weekly of which he is editor, “Accent,” must stop publishing charges against pieter Menten until it will have been proved as the result of the criminal trial now being conducted against him that these charges are true.
The editor of knoop’s book on the Menten affair must also cease distributing this book since it contains unproven accusations, the court ruled. Menten must no longer be called “war criminal” or “mass murderer” or “scoundrel.” The court also ordered they must refrain from accusation that has not been included in the charge sheet. Knoop and the publisher of “Accent” will now appeal to the High Court of Justice.
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