# A court finds Wilders guilty of group insult over the 2014 chant

Date: 2016

On 9 December 2016 a Dutch court found [Wilders](/people/geert-wilders) guilty of group insult; later instances altered the penalty path. The finding is an oversight/judicial record of the 2014 speech, not a ban from parliament.

The trial opened on 31 October 2016, and the Hague District Court convicted Wilders on 9 December 2016. On 4 September 2020 the Hague Court of Appeal upheld the conviction for group insult over the 2014 statement, acquitted him of incitement to discrimination and imposed no punishment; it also rejected his claim that ministerial interference invalidated the prosecution. On 6 July 2021 the Supreme Court left the group-insult conviction in place.

## People

- Geert Wilders: https://factrail.ai/people/geert-wilders

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.rechtspraak.nl/organisatie-en-contact/organisatie/gerechtshoven/gerechtshof-den-haag/nieuws/2020/09/gerechtshof-veroordeelt-wilders-voor-minder-marokkanen-uitspraak
- https://www.hogeraad.nl/actueel/nieuwsoverzicht/2021/juli/veroordeling-wilders-wegens-groepsbelediging-blijft-stand/
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-wilders-idUSKBN13Y1G4/
- https://www.rechtspraak.nl/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-wilders-trial-2016