Dries Van Langenhove sentenced to 1 year of effective imprisonment and 16,000 euro fine: “We will appeal immediately”

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A strong signal is heard in legal circles about the conviction of Dries Van Langenhove. He received one year of effective prison sentence for incitement to hatred and negationism. Must he also go to prison effectively? What does this mean for Vlaams Belang? And does it really affect him? "He will never say it, but I think he is very grateful for it," says political journalist Pieter Lesaffer.

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Dries Van Langenhove was sentenced by the Ghent Correctional Court in the Schild & Friends case to one year of effective imprisonment for breaches of the Racism and Negationism Act, and 10 months in prison with delay for violations of the Arms Act. His lawyer Hans Rieder announced immediately after the verdict was announced that Van Langenhove would appeal.

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The German politician, Dries Van Langenhove, is sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 16,000 euros for expenditures that the court has deemed hateful and racist. He is also barred from performing public functions, such as political functions, for 10 years. According to the judge, Van Langenhove committed "racist, hateful and Nazi" ideology, and would be subject to "physical and psychological violence." Van Langenhove himself speaks of a …

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In the Schild & Friends case, the Ghent Correctional Court sentences founder Dries Van Langenhove to 1 year of effective imprisonment for breaches of the Racism and Negationism Act and 10 months in prison with delay for violations of the Arms Act. He was deprived of his rights for ten years and also fined.