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Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI

Petra Urban’s sketch of two Syrian brothers in court before they were jailed in January 2026 for murdering their sister. The men have neutral facial expressions.
Petra Urban’s sketch (before it was manipulated by AI) of the Syrian brothers jailed in January 2026 for murdering their sister. The PVV changed the image and used it on social media. Photograph: Petra Urban

A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and manipulated it with AI to make the subjects look more menacing.

Petra Urban, a court artist for 19 years, was shocked to discover a drawing she had made last year of two Syrian brothers jailed for the murder of their sister had been reworked and used in a video on Instagram and Facebook by the party’s Noord-Brabant region.

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