Two Pakistani men convicted over calls to murder Dutch anti-Muslim leader Wilders


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  • Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media on the day he campaigns for the EU elections, visiting a market in The Hague, Netherlands June 5, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court said it convicted two Pakistani political leaders on Monday of making calls for the murder of anti-Muslim lawmaker Geert Wilders, though both are thought to be abroad and are unlikely to serve their sentences.

Wilders, whose party joined government for the first time this year after a clear election victory, has lived under tight security for the past 20 years due to death threats.

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