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Factual Accuracy No Defense: Belgian Court Convicts Former MP for Incitement to Hatred

Summary A Belgian court has convicted Dries Van Langenhove, former Member of Parliament and founder of the nationalist youth movement Schild & Vrienden, for hate speech following a February 2024 lecture at KU Leuven. Van Langenhove was found guilty of incitement to hatred under Belgium’s Anti-Racism Law after linking

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