According to court in Zwolle made in Turkey-born man guilty of deliberately insulting the head of state. He made the king on Facebook for “murderer, rapist and thief”.
He also placed was replacing an edited photo of an execution of terrorist group Islamic State in which the head of a prisoner by that Willem Alexander.
the man, however, does not need the cell, because he was fourteen days in custody. He gets probation for two years because “the likelihood of recurrence” according to the court is great. The man would have been convinced that they were legally permitted expressions.
The police posts came on the track during an investigation prior to the visit of the royal family in Zwolle on King’s Day this year. The man was then put fixed.
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The deliberate insulting the king or his family is of treason, which is punishable in the Netherlands. Not in all cases, however, the Prosecution will prosecute, because the line between insult and freedom of expression is not always clear.
Between 2000 and 2012, eighteen cases were made by the Public Prosecutor as treason, which nearly half have resulted in a conviction
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