German politician convicted over gang rape warning

The AfD’s Marie-Therese Kaiser was fined for pointing out that Afghans commit the crime 70 times more than Germans

A court in Lower Saxony has convicted Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Marie-Therese Kaiser of inciting hatred by sharing government data showing that Afghans are disproportionately more likely to commit gang rape.

Kaiser, who leads the right-wing party’s Rotenburg chapter, made a post on Facebook in 2021 criticizing...