Bruges court commutes Holocaust denier's prison term to community service

A Belgian court reduced the sentence of the former Kingsclub bar owner from 14 months imprisonment to 140 hours community service for Holocaust minimization on social media, while acquitting him of incitement to racism. The lighter sentence signals judicial leniency in hate-speech cases, potentially setting a precedent for similar prosecutions in Belgium.

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