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Wilders challenges court hearing
DutchNews.nl https://www.legal-project.org/593/wilders-challenges-court-hearing Excerpt: Anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders was in court in Amsterdam on Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to head off part of next week's court case against him for inciting hatred against Muslims. Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz told reporters outside the court that Wilders hopes the court will decide that he should not be prosecuted for 'collective insult' - or targeting a particular group of people on the basis of their race or nationality. Wilders has always stated that he is targeting Islam, not Muslims themselves. Wednesday's appeal follows a decision by the public prosecution service to also charge the PVV party leader with inciting hatred against Muslims, Moroccans and non-Western immigrants, the Volkskrant reports. Wilders already faced general charges of inciting hatred and discrimination. Complicated Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Geert Wilders receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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