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Wed 01 Jan 2010Dutch anti-Islam MP's trial for hate crime starts today
THE TRIAL of Dutch right-wing anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders on hate crime charges begins today in Amsterdam in a landmark case testing the limits of free speech in the Netherlands.
The long-awaited legal case against the country’s most controversial politician has been extended to include inciting hatred against Moroccans and non-western immigrants based on his statement that “the borders will close that same day”, referring to his plans if he were to become prime minister.
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