The Dutch government to abolish a law which prohibits anyone insulting the head of a friendly state.
Currently, this crime carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
This move by the Dutch government is in response to Turkey's attempts to prosecute German comedian Jan Böhmermann for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an offensive poem on television.
MPs from two Dutch liberal parties, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Democrats 66 (D66), called on the government to scrap the law - as was reported in the Dutch press.
Read more: The Netherlands to abandon law against insulting foreign heads of state | Europe | News | The Independent
Currently, this crime carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.
This move by the Dutch government is in response to Turkey's attempts to prosecute German comedian Jan Böhmermann for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an offensive poem on television.
MPs from two Dutch liberal parties, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Democrats 66 (D66), called on the government to scrap the law - as was reported in the Dutch press.
Read more: The Netherlands to abandon law against insulting foreign heads of state | Europe | News | The Independent
