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Old September 3rd, 2020 #1
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Default Judges to rule on Dutch populist Wilders’ appeal of racial incitement conviction

Judges to rule on Dutch populist Wilders’ appeal of racial incitement conviction

Sep 3, 2020

AMSTERDAM - Judges will decide on Friday whether to overturn the racial incitement conviction of Dutch politician Geert Wilders, the right-wing populist who led supporters in chanting that they wanted fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands.

The trial of Wilders, one of Europe's most prominent far-right leaders, has been seen as pitting the rights of freedom of speech against the right of ethnic and religious minorities not to suffer verbal abuse and discrimination.

Wilders, 56, whose Freedom Party has at times topped national opinion polls, argues he did nothing wrong, and merely expressed openly what many Dutch people think.

He was convicted in 2016 of inciting discrimination at a 2014 campaign rally, in which he led supporters in asking whether they wanted more or fewer Moroccans in the country.

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