The Tyr rune has been declared a legal symbol, and the Nordic Resistance Movement’s freedom of assembly, expression and association will no longer be restricted, according to a Swedish court of appeal.

On 18 December, the Court of Appeal acquitted the 14 people who had been charged with incitement to racial hatred for having participated in the Nordic Resistance Movement’s demonstration in Gothenburg in 2017.

The fact that the Court of Appeal upheld the District Court’s acquittal not only means that several accused persons were found not guilty of absurd accusations, it also means that the Nordic Resistance Movement has won a major legal victory and that the ongoing attempt to ban the popular party has failed for the time being.

The Gothenburg Trials related to the Nordic Resistance Movement’s use of the Old Norse Tyr rune, the fact that they marched in formation at the Gothenburg demonstration, that uniformed clothing etc. in combination with demonstrations made party members ‘reminiscent of Nazi (sic) Germany in the 1930s and 40s’, and that those of us accused for these reasons should be convicted of incitement to racial hatred.

However, the indictment was really about imposing a ban of the Nordic Resistance Movement, which prosecutor Jonas Martinsson revealed in the Court of Appeal.

Under such a ruling, they would allow the party to follow its ideals but the legal political party would not be able to hold public meetings or propagate its message, which amounted to a total ban on legitimate party campaigning.

Things didn’t go the way of the party’s left-liberal opponents wanted. Following a very clear and well-defined district court judgment, the verdict has now also been upheld by the Court of Appeal. This means an important legal victory for the Nordic Resistance Movement, as well as a gigantic failure for the forces that wanted to ban us

Together, they have spent a lot of time, wasted a lot of taxpayers’ money and had high hopes that the Swedish courts would be completely, all of it in vain.

Yesterday was heard an interview with ‘Civil Rights’ defenders representative John Stauffer, in which he sounded like he was starting to cry. It was refreshing to listen to, but you almost couldn’t help but feel sorry for the poor fellow.

Meanwhile, the state’s propaganda apparatus is seemingly living in some kind of parallel reality in which they cannot accept the outcome. The Kungälvs-Posten newspaper is writing about the Nazi Tyr rune, despite the Court of Appeal having just established that the Tyr rune is not a National Socialist symbol.

The facts supporting our positions are irrefutable. The Chancellor of Justice, the Gothenburg District Court, the Lower Norrland Court of Appeal and now the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden have ruled that the Tyr rune is a lawful symbol.

A spokesman for the nationalist party says, ‘You should have avoided this judicial process, as it only made things difficult for you and benefited us. Instead, you should have pursued the current political investigation from the beginning, when it was still a hot topic and many people could have been drawn into the hysteria, or at least wouldn’t have dared to question it. For the Nordic Resistance Movement, the struggle continues. With or without a ban. Source