Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (born 11 February 1966), generally known by his stage name Dieudonné (), is a French comedian, actor and political activist. He has been convicted for hate speech, advocating terrorism, and slander in Belgium and France . Court actions On 14 June 2006, Dieudonné was sentenced to a penalty of €4,500 for defamation after having called a prominent Jewish television presenter a "secret donor of the child-murdering Israeli army".Dieudonné renonce à faire appel de sa condamnation pour diffamation envers Arthur, La Dépêche du Midi, 19 September 2007 On 15 November 2007, an appellate court sentenced him to a €5,000 fine because he had characterized "the Jews" as "slave traders" after being attacked in le Théâtre de la Main d'Or.Dieudonné condamné pour propos antisémites, Le Figaro, undated On 26 June 2008, he was sentenced in the highest judicial instance to a €7,000 fine for his characterization of Holocaust commemorations as "memorial pornography". On 27 February 2009, he was ordered to pay CAD$75,000 in Montreal to singer and actor Patrick Bruel for defamatory statements. He had called Bruel a "liar" and an "Israeli soldier".Dieudonné condamné au Québec à payer 75.000 dollars à Patrick Bruel, Agence France Presse, 28 February 2009 On 26 March 2009, Dieudonné was fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €2,000 in damages for having defamed Elisabeth Schemla, a Jewish journalist who ran the now-defunct Proche-Orient.info website. He declared on 31 May 2005 that the website wanted to "eradicate Dieudonné from the audiovisual landscape" and had said of him that "he's an anti-Semite, he's the son of Hitler, he will exterminate everyone".Dieudonné condamné pour diffamation, Le Parisien, 26 March 2009 On 27 October 2009, he was sentenced to a fine of €10,000 for "public insult of people of Jewish faith or origin" related to his show with Robert Faurisson.Amende de 10.000€ pour Dieudonné, Le Figaro, 27 October 2009 Dieudonné appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which rejected his case on 10 November 2015 On 8 June 2010, he was sentenced to a fine of €10,000 for defamation towards the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism, which he had called "a mafia-like association that organizes censorship".Dieudonné condamné pour diffamation envers la Licra, Le Parisien, 8 June 2010 On 10 October 2012, he was fined €887,135 for tax evasion. According to the French revenue service, Dieudonné failed to pay part of his taxes from 1997 to 2009. On 12 February 2014, he was ordered by a court to withdraw two clips from a video posted on YouTube on 31 December 2013 on the grounds of incitement to ethnic or racial hatred, and crimes against humanity denial. On 25 November 2015, a court in Liège, Belgium, sentenced him to two months in jail and a €9,000 fine for "defamatory, antisemitic, negationist and revisionist" talk during a show in Herstal on 14 March 2012. On 14 April 2016, the Court of Appeal of Paris upheld a 19 March 2015 conviction of inciting racial hatred. In July 2021 he stood trial in Switzerland for Holocaust denial during shows in Geneva and Nyon in 2019. He denied the charges  .
Dieudonné M'bala M'bala (born 11 February 1966), generally known by his stage name Dieudonné (), is a French comedian, actor and political activist. He has been convicted for hate speech, advocating terrorism, and slander in Belgium , France and Switzerland . Court actions On 14 June 2006, Dieudonné was sentenced to a penalty of €4,500 for defamation after having called a prominent Jewish television presenter a "secret donor of the child-murdering Israeli army".Dieudonné renonce à faire appel de sa condamnation pour diffamation envers Arthur, La Dépêche du Midi, 19 September 2007 On 15 November 2007, an appellate court sentenced him to a €5,000 fine because he had characterized "the Jews" as "slave traders" after being attacked in le Théâtre de la Main d'Or.Dieudonné condamné pour propos antisémites, Le Figaro, undated On 26 June 2008, he was sentenced in the highest judicial instance to a €7,000 fine for his characterization of Holocaust commemorations as "memorial pornography". On 27 February 2009, he was ordered to pay CAD$75,000 in Montreal to singer and actor Patrick Bruel for defamatory statements. He had called Bruel a "liar" and an "Israeli soldier".Dieudonné condamné au Québec à payer 75.000 dollars à Patrick Bruel, Agence France Presse, 28 February 2009 On 26 March 2009, Dieudonné was fined €1,000 and ordered to pay €2,000 in damages for having defamed Elisabeth Schemla, a Jewish journalist who ran the now-defunct Proche-Orient.info website. He declared on 31 May 2005 that the website wanted to "eradicate Dieudonné from the audiovisual landscape" and had said of him that "he's an anti-Semite, he's the son of Hitler, he will exterminate everyone".Dieudonné condamné pour diffamation, Le Parisien, 26 March 2009 On 27 October 2009, he was sentenced to a fine of €10,000 for "public insult of people of Jewish faith or origin" related to his show with Robert Faurisson.Amende de 10.000€ pour Dieudonné, Le Figaro, 27 October 2009 Dieudonné appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, which rejected his case on 10 November 2015 On 8 June 2010, he was sentenced to a fine of €10,000 for defamation towards the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism, which he had called "a mafia-like association that organizes censorship".Dieudonné condamné pour diffamation envers la Licra, Le Parisien, 8 June 2010 On 10 October 2012, he was fined €887,135 for tax evasion. According to the French revenue service, Dieudonné failed to pay part of his taxes from 1997 to 2009. On 12 February 2014, he was ordered by a court to withdraw two clips from a video posted on YouTube on 31 December 2013 on the grounds of incitement to ethnic or racial hatred, and crimes against humanity denial. On 25 November 2015, a court in Liège, Belgium, sentenced him to two months in jail and a €9,000 fine for "defamatory, antisemitic, negationist and revisionist" talk during a show in Herstal on 14 March 2012. On 14 April 2016, the Court of Appeal of Paris upheld a 19 March 2015 conviction of inciting racial hatred. In July 2021 he stood trial in Switzerland for Holocaust denial during shows in Geneva and Nyon in 2019. He denied the charges , but has been found guilty and fined .
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