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A controversial writer sentenced to jail time in Switzerland for calling a journalist a "fat lesbian" hopes for vindication on appeal, his lawyer says.
Friday, October 06, 2023 – A Swiss writer and political commentator who called a journalist a 'fat lesbian' has been handed a 60-day prison sentence and thousands in fines. The Lausanne court sentenced French-Swiss polemicist Alain Bonnet, who goes by the nom de plume Alain Soral, for the crimes of defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred…
A Swiss court fined and sentenced a far-right figure to 60 days in jail for calling a journalist a "fat lesbian," alarming free speech advocates across the globe.