Wilders hate speech convictions: Mixed results in appeal over "fewer Moroccans" case

An appellate court in Amsterdam ruled that populist politician Geert Wilders was rightly found guilty of insulting a race of people during a political rally held on the eve of elections in the Netherlands in 2014, but acquitted the political leader of inciting discrimination and hatred. The court decided that while the comments from the politician were insulting to an entire group of people, his comments at a political rally were for the purpose of political gain and not for the purpose of discriminating against all Moroccans.Submitted by Zack Newmark on Friday, 4 September 2020 - 14:19 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/04/wilders-hate-speech-convictions-mixed-results-appeal-fewer-moroccans-case