Czech neo-Nazis protest ex-Klan expulsion

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 27 (UPI) -- A group of neo-Nazis protested against the expulsion of former U.S. Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from the Czech Republic, Prague Radio said.

Some 70 activists of the Czech neo-Nazi National Resistance gathered Sunday in front of the Interior Ministry building in downtown Prague after Duke was arrested and ordered to leave the country Saturday, the radio said Monday.

Duke, 59, arrived in Prague Friday at the invitation of the neo-Nazi organization to deliver lectures and promote his book, "My Awakening," in which he denies Holocaust.

The Czech authortities banned Duke's lectures hours before his arrival in Prague.