Twitter blocks Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders for violating rules against hateful conduct

Dutch most prominent far-right politician and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders, said in a statement on Friday that Twitter had blocked his account.

According to other members of his Party for Freedom (PVV), Wilders was told that his content was "violating our rules against hateful conduct."

According to PVV politician Fluer Agema, Wilders was suspended over a tweet about the progressive center-left party D66.

He referred to the party members as "suckers ...who import ever more Islam and then weep crocodile tears over the consequences, such as honor killings."

Wilders, who cannot easily appear in public due to threats against him by Islamists, relies heavily on Twitter to communicate with his supporters.

"Twitter often tolerates death threats against me, but not a factual tweet by me about a colleague. Madness!," he said in a statement.