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Gavin Blackburn

Lithuanian court convicts leader of a governing party of inciting hatred against Jews

A Lithuanian court convicted the leader of one of the parties in the country's coalition government on Thursday for making antisemitic comments and fined him €5,000.

The district court in the capital Vilnius found that Remigijus Žemaitaitis incited hatred against Jews, grossly downplayed Nazi Germany's crimes and minimised the Holocaust in an offensive and insulting manner.

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