For more than twenty years, party leader Geert Wilders has lived under heavy protection at a secret address.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionNetherlands
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- The protection was initiated in 2004 following death threats related to his controversial statements about Islam.
- The specific living arrangements involve armed police guards at all times and restrictions on his movements.
- The sources used are journalistic rather than official government statements.
- Sources
- SecondaryReutersDutch populist Wilders under tight security for more than 20 years due to Islamist death threats
- SecondaryEuractivSubject to multiple death threats, Wilders has been under police protection for two decades
- SecondaryDW (Deutsche Welle)Wilders has faced threats to his life that have kept him under constant police protection since 2004
- SecondaryThe Washington PostThe controversial far-right leader has lived under strict police protection since 2004