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A criminal case in Amsterdam against four neo-Nazis who crossed the line on the NVU demonstration in Amsterdam op 12 maart 2016. It is about Mike Brand from Purmerend and three men out Hulst: Martijn van Damme, Wilbert Boënne en Tom Blockx. They brought the Hitler salute, had an anti-jewish sticker and wore one Combat 18 shirt. The Public Prosecution Service demands fines and community service. Op 12 January 2017 follows the verdict. according to Constant Kusters, the party leader of the NVU, the foursome is expelled after their action. Kusters says: “We do not want that kind of dumbbells in the party. If they want to walk up with their right hand, they do that somewhere else.” On an internet account of Combat 18 Rotterdam is handed over to the trial and a photo of seven people wearing bomber jackets is posted in a metro station.

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A debate is being held in the House of Representatives on a bill by Voor Nederland. It is about removing the anti-discrimination articles from criminal law. Voor Nederland wants to broaden freedom of expression. In this debate comes the VVD in conflict with the opposition. De VVD believes that there is talk of adjusting or deleting the article on group insulting law. The CDA strongly argues against this and does not want to make Holocaust denial easier. The CDA wants to avoid going to the synagogue with a swastika flag or a neo-Nazi uniform. A large majority should not like the proposal. On behalf of the PVV late Martin Bosma know that his party is in favor of the proposal. The proposal will be discussed further later.

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In Arnhem someone insults two police officers with: “You are cancer sufferers, nazi’s, you must catch Muslims, dirty bastard, dirty typhus dog, you have certainly been abused in the past“. A criminal case files maart 2017.

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The Institute for Human Rights rules on a complaint by a German man living in the Netherlands. He wanted to take out a mortgage with a bank (with its head office in Utrecht has), but came across 8 maart 2016 on the provision that applicants with a non-Dutch nationality are only eligible for a mortgage if they can demonstrate that they have been working in the Netherlands for at least three full years. The Board determines that there is direct discrimination here and that the bank makes a prohibited distinction based on nationality.

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A Turkish-Dutch politician explains Zaandam scolds in the period of 13 november tot 13 December on the internet gays and Jews. It will follow at the end of November 2019 a criminal case for group insult.

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This Monday evening someone writes that under a pseudonym on the internet “they should wipe out all colored people“. The person presents himself as a history teacher at a college in Venlo. The school does not know this person and will have action taken against the account.

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A non-life insurer Zoetermeer late 232 customers, who have a living- and have home contents insurance for caravans with them, know that it will terminate this insurance as of this date. Customers feel discriminated against. The insurer says there are only financial reasons for this decision. There will be a ruling from the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights in February 2018.

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After an attack in Istanboel on Saturday 10 December has a man out Zwolle posted a shocking reaction on the internet: “Too bad there is 29 are dead, could have been many more. But yeah, die 29 luckily don't come here, top“. He gets a lot of angry reactions and loses his job. He must in December 2017 appear in court for group insult.

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Erkenbrand organizes a walking tour in Central Brabant. During this tour there is also an informative part, but the emphasis is on a brisk walk around 15 kilometer.

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Een kleine Pegida-demonstration in Den Haag with between twenty and thirty participants. Here are pacemakers such as Hugo Kuijper, Edwin Wagensveld en Astrid Bello. They choose the theme for this demonstration: “Together strong for our homeland! We are proud to be Dutch!“. The protesters are turning against Islamization and want the borders to be closed.

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A report is received by a woman at an anti-discrimination agency in Flevoland Almere with a Jewish background. She is regularly called after by loitering youths with texts such as: “Hey iodine, hey whore!“.

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Voorpost has a contact evening in Zeeland Terneuzen in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. action Leader Florens van der Kooi speaks about Voorpost. A handful of people are present. Florens van de Kooi hands over a banner with the text “No jihad in our street” to the new department. This is seen as the founding evening of Voorpost Zeeland department.

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In Utrecht a native woman visits a cafe with her Iranian friend for a cup of coffee. After a few minutes the café owner approaches them and removes the two from his shop. He says hereby: “We have said goodbye before“. The woman states that her boyfriend's Iranian origin is the reason for the deportation. She later asks for clarification in an email. Then the cafe owner says it was a mistake, but also that he can refuse guests who do not fit his target group. The woman sees it as discrimination: “The fact that I have a foreign friend, was the immediate reason for the merciless expulsion“. She sends a letter to the entire city council and mentions the behavior fascist. She also wants to file a complaint with an anti-discrimination agency. The cafe owner states that he swapped the couple with another woman he kicked out of his pub two months earlier and says it has nothing to do with discrimination.

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The magistrate Arnhem convicts a 72-year-old woman Zutphen for assault and group insult to a partly conditional fine. The end of March 2016 she assailed, at a bus shelter Zutphen, a Muslim woman because she wore a headscarf. She brought this in in connection with the attacks Brussel en ISIS. She tried to snatch the scarf and bystanders avoided a confrontation. The police judge finds that assault has not been proven, but does see evidence for the group insult. The woman also has to pay a small compensation. The 72-year-old woman is appealing the ruling, which is due in November 2017.

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The Human Rights Institute examines the complaint of a man of Afghan nationality living in Great Britain. He was born in early February 2016 Refused on a flight from Schiphol to Great Britain because he did not want to show his visa and residence permit. He felt that he was the only one being checked and experienced the treatment as humiliating. At the time, the staff also did not answer questions about why the check happened. The College states that he was treated differently from EU nationals because of his nationality. This is an indirect distinction based on nationality. However, this is justified in this case from the laws of Great Britain and the Netherlands. According to the College, the refusal was therefore not discriminatory, even though this feeling has arisen in the man.

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A group of 120 people protests in the evening Hoogvliet (Rotterdam) against the arrival of twelve status holders. It is quiet and they carry signs that say ‘that they don't want to work who come here just to hold up their hands'. The protesters are angry about the way the municipality Rotterdam interacts with them.

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A man insults in Lelystad someone with the pronunciation: “Shouldn't you take the boat back to Spain??“. Considering that this leads to a criminal case (in March 2018) there is a good chance that this is a case with a racist connotation and it is a reference to Sinterklaas – Zwarte Piet controversy.

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Take it to court Schiphol (in Badhoevedorp) delivers judgment in the criminal case against Geert Wilders in the ‘less Moroccans‘ matter. The judges determine that the judgments of the PVV-foreman are punishable, but do not impose punishment. The sentence alone is enough punishment for the politician. Wilders incited discrimination, because he turned on a clear group of people, from the same region. From a legal point of view, there is then race. Wilders is acquitted of inciting hatred. The statements are a form of conscious group insult. The entire Moroccan population group in the Netherlands was dismissed as inferior. Wilders is not present at the verdict and he will appeal against the verdict. The political party Voor Nederland calls it a "black day for freedom of expression“. Outside, two protesters are present with a protest sign on which “In …. do you want more or less political processes?” staat. The Public Prosecution Service also appeals.

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The court in Amsterdam delivers judgment in a criminal case against Pegida-foreman Edwin Wagensveld because of showing the symbolic swastika-in-the-trash on a Pegida-demonstration in Amsterdam, end of February 2016. The Subdistrict Court ruled that the ban on the swastika-in-the-trash is invalid because it affects the content of the demonstration.

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A judgment of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights in a case of an Italian-Hindustani employee of a car dealer from Groningen. The employee feels discriminated against in various situations at work until April 2015. He indicates that he is disadvantaged compared to his native Dutch colleagues and that discriminatory comments have been made. However, the College sees no evidence for this and the man does not provide any evidence. The Board reaches an acquittal for the car dealer.

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De PVV-parliamentarians Machiel de Graaf en Geert Wilders ask parliamentary questions about the article “Link mosque in Eindhoven with Al-Qaeda financiers“. They ask if this mosque is a hotbed of terrorism. They want to have a foundation dismantled, as well as the associated Islamic infrastructure. A later answer from the Minister shows that there are no known ties with Al-Qaeda.

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In the period of 8 tot 17 December sends out a man Thorn, municipality of Maasgouw, a series of threatening text messages to a charitable foundation Rotterdam. He threatens violence and manslaughter against employees. He steers, among other things: “Secretly afraid I have nothing to lose, I will pass heavily armed I promise you cancer Jewish people“. The man has to come in april 2017 to appear in court, also for his threats January 2017.

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A motion was tabled in the House of Representatives by Voor Nederland asking the government to dissolve Islamic foundations that invite preachers of violence. The party argues that radical Islam is at odds with Western core values ​​and that it proclaims a message that prevents integration into our society.

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The PVV-MP Machiel de Graaf table a motion asking the government to conduct an in-depth investigation into the network, the interests and influences of the Muslim brotherhood in the Netherlands. He states that their goal is to replace secular democratic governments with an Islamic caliphate under Sharia. The Muslim brotherhood, he says, is linked to terrorist organizations and would therefore threaten our security. Machiel de Graaf thinks they have infiltrated the Netherlands.

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The court in Lelystad acquits a man from Noordwijk in a criminal case because of his threatening language on a closed internet group that “Power to the PVV" hot. Op 5 april 2016 he wrote about an Islamic foundation there Almere: "Let's kill them, great opportunity and it will rot by itself”. The judge sees no evidence of a threat, but also not for inciting hatred or discrimination or incitement. The internet group is accessible and large enough to be seen as public, but because the intent would be lacking in the man for sedition, he would have responded on a whim just out of frustration, the judge sees insufficient evidence for a conviction.

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In Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the community Emmen, offends a man from Rotterdam two police officers with the swear words: “stumpers, kutkoppen, typhoid fever, dirty Jews” and he brings the Hitler salute and shouts “Sieg Heil“. A criminal case follows in april 2017.

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neo-Nazi Michael Lemmers from Hoorn comes in Alkmaar to court for threatening to attack an asylum seeker. He was in september 2016 arrested and was upset about raping his niece Kampen. He posed with a real-looking friend's airsoft gun Kampen on a photo and posted texts online like “Blood & Honour“, “Waffen SS 88“, “take action for those parasites, who rape our women“, “white power” and he added swastikas to it. The judge gives him a small suspended sentence.

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De PVV-leider Geert Wilders demands online attention for a “massive and recent slugfest”In an asylum seekers' center Apeldoorn. He writes that he “shocking video"on 2 December from an employee of the AZC. When asked, the police say that it concerns old images from a year ago and that the AZC has been closed for some time. Wilders says it doesn't matter.

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In Utrecht becomes a sticker of Voorpost found with an angry looking white face and thumbs down. The text is: “Immigration? no thanks. Voorpost“.

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A man from Eindhoven mistreated in Nijmegen his life partner and then directs his grievances to an investigating officer and a police officer. He insults them with: "I fuck your mother, black motherfucker, cancer cancer, bounty and flicker”. He appears in maart 2017 to court.

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In Gouda two police officers are threatened by someone making a pistol gesture with his hand and “pang pang pang” calls out. In addition, they are also offended with the statement: “Dirty bastards, your mother is a cancer woman, dirty jew cancer“. The perpetrator is resisting his arrest and he must go in January 2017 to appear in court.

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C18 Rotterdam places a photo on her internet account with fourteen anonymised men in sportswear. Possibly in a sports hall or somewhere outside. C18 writes there: “Pain… We had vd 17 man for boxing training. Comrades from NL. German Flemish Polish Slovak and GB. Have a nice day and until the next training“.