Comic Dieudonne given jail sentence for anti-Semitism

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Comic Dieudonne given jail sentence for anti-Semitism
Comic Dieudonne given jail sentence for anti-Semitism - BBC News

Controversial French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala has been sentenced to two months in jail by a Belgian court for racist and anti-Semitic comments he made during a show in Belgium.

Dieudonne was also fined €9,000 ($9,500; £6,300) by the court in the city of Liege. He was not in court.

The comedian, who insists he is not anti-Semitic, made the remarks during a show in Liege in 2012.

He has several convictions for anti-Semitism and hate speech.

One of his most recent was after the attack in January on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Dieudonne rose to prominence through the invention of the "quenelle", a hand gesture critics have likened to an inverted Nazi salute.

Several French cities have banned the comedian from performing.

'A major victory'
The Belgian court's judgement on Wednesday said that "all the accusations against Dieudonne were established - both incitement to hatred and hate speech but also Holocaust denial".

Eric Lemmens, a lawyer for Belgium's Jewish organisations, said the guilty verdict was a "major victory".

Earlier this month the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Dieudonne in a separate case. It judged that freedom of speech did not mean his performances could be racist or anti-Semitic.

Dieudonne was at that time appealing against a fine he received from a French court in 2009 for inviting a Holocaust denier on stage.

In March, Dieudonne was found guilty by a French court of condoning terrorism and given a two-month sentence.

He had posted on Facebook "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" just days after the January Paris attacks..

The post combined the "Je Suis Charlie" slogan with the name of one of the three gunmen involved in the attacks on Charlie Hebdo.
 
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what were the comments? I still haven't seen/heard them in context.
After this historic march, what do I say...? Legendary. Instant magic equal to the Big Bang that created the universe; to a lesser extent (more locally) comparable to the coronation of Vercingétorix. I finally returned home. You know that tonight as far as I'm concerned I feel like Charlie Coulibaly.

It’s the last line that drew the authorities' attention. Dieudonné is merging Charlie Hebdo with Amedy Coulibaly, the man who took hostages in a kosher supermarket the day after the Hebdo attacks.
 

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After this historic march, what do I say...? Legendary. Instant magic equal to the Big Bang that created the universe; to a lesser extent (more locally) comparable to the coronation of Vercingétorix. I finally returned home. You know that tonight as far as I'm concerned I feel like Charlie Coulibaly.

It’s the last line that drew the authorities' attention. Dieudonné is merging Charlie Hebdo with Amedy Coulibaly, the man who took hostages in a kosher supermarket the day after the Hebdo attacks.
i know who coulibaly was...but I still don't get it...
 

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Damn right, fukk this shyt. I went to see his show in Paris (he says it's his last) and I damn near died so much I was laughing.

Dieudonné en paix? I couldn't find this shyt on the net... yet
 

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i know who coulibaly was...but I still don't get it...

He basically said he's standing up to freedom of speech like Charlie Hebdo did (sic) but he's been demonized as if he was Coulibaly :manny:
 
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