US EditionBelgian Nationalist Given 12 Month Suspended Sentence Because Someone Else Shared a ‘Racist’ Meme
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The Ghent Court of Appeal sentenced Friday Dries Van Langenhove to one year's suspended imprisonment and a fine of 1,600 euros. ...
Belgian Nationalist Given 12 Month Suspended Sentence Because Someone Else Shared a ‘Racist’ Meme
This post was republished with permission from Remix News. Belgian conservative-nationalist Dries Van Langenhove has again been sentenced on appeal to one year in prison as a suspended sentence for what the judge said were violations of the Racism and Negationism Act. The sentence stems from racist memes that were not even posted by him, but by members of a group chat he administrated seven years ago. The sentence was delivered today by the Cour…
Dries Van Langenhove has been sentenced to 1 year in prison again on appeal for violations of the racism and negationism law, but this time with a fully suspended sentence. This was decided by the Court of Appeal in Ghent. The founder of Schild & Vrienden was previously sentenced to a prison sentence of 1 year effective. Van Langenhove does not accept the decision and is appealing in cassation.
Belgian politician Dries Van Langenhove is sentenced to probation for spreading offensive memes in a private chat group he founded. Does the verdict soon make school? This article condemns Belgian politician "In Europe it is now possible to be convicted for Memes" has been published on Young Freedom.
In the Schild & Vrienden case, the Ghent Court of Appeal sentenced Dries Van Langenhove to one year of suspended imprisonment and an effective fine of 1,600 euros for inciting racism and negationism. This is a lower sentence than in the first instance, because the reasonable term was exceeded. Van Langenhove will appeal in cassation and "then, if necessary, to the European Court".
The founder of Schild & Vrienden was sentenced by the Ghent Court of Appeal to one year's suspended imprisonment.
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