Justice Dries Van Langenhove, together with five others, will appeal against their conviction in the Schild & Friends trial. Both Dries Van Langenhove and five others are appealing against their conviction in the Schild & Friends trial. The East Flanders public prosecutor’s office confirms this. The public prosecutor’s office is also following the appeal. In … Read more
Shield & Friends With a tweet of four letters, X owner Elon Musk has made himself heard in the debate about the conviction of Dries Van Langenhove. When posting a message about the statement, Musk said “Whoa”, which started a conversation with Van Langenhove. Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk retweeted a message from … Read more
Analysis Shield & friends They were “jokes” among friends in “closed groups,” Dries Van Langenhove regularly says about the hate memes at Schild & Friends. That defense defeated the court on Tuesday. “Through racist and negationist ‘humor’, the members were deliberately convinced of their own superiority.” Nikolas Vanhecke, Simon Andries Today at 11:49
News of the day This overview will help you quickly catch up on today’s most important events. 1. Van Langenhove sentenced to one year in prison In the case involving Schild & Friends, founder Dries Van Langenhove was sentenced to 1 year of effective imprisonment for violations of the Racism and Negationism Act and 10 … Read more
This conviction of Dries Van Langenhove should not be underestimated: anyone who receives a sentence of more than six months must, in principle, also serve it in prison. It has been that way since September. For a long time, sentences under three years were not carried out or were carried out in a different form, … Read more