(9 Sep 2024)
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Schiphol, Netherlands – 9 September 2024
1. Anti-Islam lawmaker, Geert Wilders entering the courtroom
2. Various of Wilders in court
3. Wide of court room
4. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Name not provided, Presiding Judge:
"In the Netherlands and Pakistan he tried to abuse his power as a religious leader to incite his religious followers to commit the murder of Geert Wilders."
5. Wilders sitting in court
6. Mid of judges
7. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Name not provided, Presiding Judge:
"The court declares the conviction and that the suspect is punishable for this, and acquits him of that which was not proven or was differently charged, and sentences the suspect to a prison term of fourteen years."
8. Wilders leaving the courtroom
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Geert Wilders, Anti-Islam lawmaker:
"I believe it is very important that the court gave this sign today, I hope they will be jailed, I might not profit from it security-wise immediately, but still in principle, it is a very good decision and I applaud the court for doing that."
10. Various of Wilders speaking with reporter
STORYLINE:
A Dutch court has convicted two Pakistani men in their absence over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands.
The court on Monday found Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali guilty of attempting to provoke murder and incite Wilders’ murder with a terrorist intent and issuing threats. He was sentenced to 14 years.
The court also convicted Saad Rizvi, who leads the radical Islamist Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan for incitement to murder and threatening Wilders.
He was sentenced to four years.
Wilders welcomed the verdicts and sentences as sending an important message that such threats can’t be made with impunity.
"I might not profit from it security-wise immediately, but still in principle, it is a very good decision and I applaud the court," he said.
Neither of the defendants was in court to hear the verdicts.
They are believed to be in Pakistan and are unlikely to be turned over as Pakistan has no extradition agreement with the Netherlands.
Wilders has lived under round-the-clock security for nearly 20 years due to the thousands of threats to his life following his outspoken criticism of Islam.
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