Dan Park again sentenced to
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Dan Park again sentenced to six months in prison for hate crime

Street artist and provocateur Dan Park has been sentenced to six months in prison for several counts of incitement against a group of people on social media, SVT Nyheter Skåne reports.

According to the district court, Park made several posts on the social media platform X in fall 2023 that were racist against Jews and Muslims, among others. The posts included both comments and images of Park's art, the television channel reports.

The street artist denies any wrongdoing, says he is not behind the X account, but admits he created the artworks reproduced on the account.

Park has previously been sentenced to prison several times for incitement against a group of people.

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