A court in Assen has banned the paedophile lobby group Stichting Martijn with immediate effect, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday morning

This means the group has to stop functioning now, pending any appeal, the paper says.
The court said what the foundation does and says about the sexual contact between adults and children contravenes the accepted norms and values in Dutch society.
The foundation’s wish to legalise paedophilia goes against the rule of law and the rights of children, the court said. ‘The Dutch legal system should not give this position any room,’ the paper quoted the judges as saying.
Prosecution
There have been several efforts to have the organisation banned in the past. The public prosecution department said last year it could ban the group, even though at least eight of its current and former officials have convictions for child abuse.
And justice minister Ivo Opstelten told MPs in November he had no intention of using his special powers to force the public prosecution department to take legal action against the group because there was ‘no case’ to prosecute.
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