Original sentence: An appeal court in Ghent, Belgium, ruled the party as racist on April 2004.The Flemish Block (Dutch: Vlaams Blok) was a Flemish right-wing nationalist political party which rejected the state of Belgium, calling for political independence for the Flemish half of the country
Edited sentence: The Flemish Block (Dutch: Vlaams Blok) was a Flemish far-right nationalist political party which rejects the state of Belgium, calling for political independence for the Flemish half of the country.The party had been characterised by the international media as being neo-nazi, racist and openly antisemitic and an appeal court in Ghent, Belgium, ruled the party as racist on April 2004