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Frigid Atmosphere in Wilders Court Case
Dutch News
April 14, 2011
https://www.legal-project.org/1321/frigid-atmosphere-in-wilders-court-case
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AMSTERDAM, 14/04/11 - The court case against MP Geert Wilders resumed yesterday in a frigid atmosphere. Central to the session was the dinner at which judge Tom Schalken allegedly tried to convince Islam expert Hans Jansen that Wilders should be convicted.
On 3 May 2010, Jansen met Schalken at a dinner. The latter was one of the three judges who earlier ordered the Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) to prosecute Wilders for inciting to hatred and discrimination. The OM itself had concluded Wilders never made any statements that were an offence.
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