WORLD BRIEFING / GERMANY
- Share via
Times Wire Reports
A German court convicted the head and two senior members of the country’s leading far-right party of inciting racial hatred and defamation with a pamphlet circulated during the 2006 World Cup.
National Democratic Party leader Udo Voigt, spokesman Klaus Beier and legal affairs head Frank Schwerdt received suspended sentences for printing a pamphlet insinuating that black defender Patrick Owomoyela was not worthy to play for Germany’s team.
Each was further ordered to make a $2,649 donation to the U.N. Children’s Fund.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
