US EditionMarine Le Pen Sentenced for Accusing Associations of Helping Migrants of Being "Complices of Smugglers"
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Marine Le Pen had directly targeted the Cimade, an association committed against xenophobia and exclusion of immigrants, for its actions in Mayotte.
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An appeal court rejected the French populist's application for a new trial
The highest court in France dismissed its appeal against its sentence of 500 euros suspended fine by the Paris Court of Appeal on 11 September 2024.
The candidate of the National Rally in the presidential election 2022 accused the Cimade of being "sometimes" "complices of smugglers".
The French Court of Cassation upheld the defamation conviction of Marine Le Pen, who had accused the Oenegé La Cimade in 2022 of organizing the entry of irregular immigrants into the French overseas department of Mayotte, reports EFE. Thus, the ultra-right leader is sentenced to a fine of 500 euros, although exempt from compliance. In an interview with the BFMTV channel in January 2022, the then presidential candidate Le Pen had accused La Cimad…
Marine Le Pen has been convicted of defaming a migrant aid organization. The highest appeals court upheld a suspended fine of 500 euros on Tuesday.
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