Anti-Islam politician Wilders to face prosecution for anti-Moroccan comments

Reuters

18 December 2014 at 4:29 am

Geert Wilders, president of Netherlands' PVV (Party for Freedom) delivers a speech during the France's far-right National Front congress in Lyon November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/Files

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday they will prosecute anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders for remarks made about Moroccans during election campaigning. A prosecution statement said Wilders, whose party is leading opinion polls in the Netherlands, will face charges of "insulting a specific group based on race and inciting discrimination and hatred." (Reporting By Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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