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		</div><p>A Dutch court has convicted populist anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders of hate speech charges at the end of a trial he branded a politically motivated <i>&#8220;charade&#8221;</i> that endangered freedom of speech.</p>
<p>Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said the court would not impose a sentence on Wilders, saying that the conviction was punishment enough for a democratically elected politician.</p>
<p>Wilders will be tried on the “suspicion of insulting a group of people based on race and inciting discrimination and hatred,” said the judge.</p>
<p>He also has been tried for inciting anti-moroccan sentiment at a previous rally he held before. Wilders asked a crowd of supporters at a rally, <i>“Do you want more or fewer Moroccans in this city?”</i> The crowd then chanted <i>“Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!”</i> Wilders replied, <i>“I’ll take care of that.”</i></p>
<p>Wilders was not in court for the verdict, which came just over three months before national elections.</p>
<p>His Party for Freedom is currently narrowly leading a nationwide poll of polls and has risen in popularity during the trial.</p>
<p>Even before the hearing, Wilders vowed not to let a conviction muzzle him.</p>
<p></i>&#8220;Whatever the verdict, I will continue to speak the truth about the Moroccan problem, and no judge, politician or terrorist will stop me,&#8221;</i> he tweeted shortly before the verdict.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whatever the verdict, I will continue to speak the truth about the Moroccan problem, and no judge, politician or terrorist will stop me. <a href="https://t.co/HqisrmYnqV">https://t.co/HqisrmYnqV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) <a href="https://twitter.com/geertwilderspvv/status/807147701339127808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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