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German Anti-Islamist Leader Faces Hate Speech Charges

The founder of Germany's anti-Islamist Pegida movement, Lutz Bachmann, faces hate speech charges at a court in the city of Dresden. Bachmann, in Pegida's Facebook posts, called refugees "cattle" and "filth," inciting...

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Police watch over Pegida supporters at a rally in Frankfurt late last year. (Image: opposition24.de - Flickr/CC content)

The founder of Germany's anti-Islamist Pegida movement, Lutz Bachmann, faces hate speech charges at a court in the city of Dresden. Bachmann, in Pegida's Facebook posts, called refugees "cattle" and "filth," inciting racial hatred. Separately, five suspects near Dresden were arrested and accused of attacking migrant hostels and plotting far-right, anti-immigrant terror in relation to Pegida. Investigators suspect four men and a woman, aged from 18 to 40, of far-right violence against migrants. Rallies organized by Pegida have attracted thousands of supporters in Germany in recent months.

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