Belgian Judge Sends Far-Right Activist to Jail for ‘Racist, Hateful, Nazi’ Speech

‘He wants to undermine democratic society and replace it with a social model of white supremacy,” a judge said of Dries Van Langenhove.

AP/Jean-Francois Badias, file
The European parliament building at Strasbourg, eastern France, December 12, 2022. AP/Jean-Francois Badias, file

A Belgian court sentenced a prominent rightwing activist, Dries Van Langenhove, to a year in prison on Tuesday and fined him 16,000 euros for what was deemed to be “extremist” speech, sparking concerns from some in Belgium that the trial was politicized. 

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