Geert Wilders in court for discriminating Moroccans

Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch political party PVV, is supposed to set in October for an appeal trial on his hate-speech case. The anti-Muslim politician will have to stand in court on the 24th and 26th of October to attend the hearings. The court in The Hague will subsequently make a decision on the case on the 9th of November as reported by online newspaper NLTIMES.

Wilders' hate-speech crime took place in March 2014 when he made discriminating comments on Moroccans during a campaign. Wilders said that the city of The Hague should contain «few burdens and if possible fewer Moroccans». The first trial conducted against Wilders found him guilty of initiating hate against Dutch Moroccans but he was cleared of any sanction, however, both Wilders and the public prosecutor appealed the decision.

Back in 2011, wilders also member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands was accused of criminally insulting religious and ethnic groups and spreading hatred and discrimination. The PVV leader faced four other charges for offending Moroccans and other non-Western immigrants.