French comedian Dieudonné is sent to jail over anti-semitic remarks
The controversial French comedian Dieudonné has been convicted in Belgium for incitement to hatred and the denial of the Holocaust. He’s been sentenced to two months in prison and a fine of 9,000 euros. The performer made the offending remarks during a show in Liège. Earlier this month, the European court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled against Dieudonné in a separate case, deciding that freedom of speech did not protect “racist and anti-semitic performances”. Dieudonné was protesting a fine he received from a French court in 2009 for inviting a Holocaust denier on stage. He was fined €10,000 for what that court referred to as racist insults.
