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French anti-Israel group is contesting a gov't decision to shut it down
- Urgence Palestine, a French pro-Palestinian group, is challenging the government's 2024 order to dissolve it following nearly two years of protests across the country.
- The government, led by Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, cited concerns about Islamist links and violent calls by the group as reasons for the dissolution announced in late April 2024.
- Urgence Palestine formed in 2023 to protest Israel’s Gaza offensive, which Hamas triggered with an attack on Israel in October 2023, leading to over 52,000 Palestinian deaths mostly counted by Hamas-run health authorities.
- Lawyer Elsa Marcel stated that the closure reflects a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian and anti-war activists in Western nations, criticizing the overly broad application of terrorism-related accusations, which they reject.
- The dispute highlights tensions over freedom of expression in France amid rising antisemitic and Islamophobic acts, and the group warns the shutdown reflects political motives against Palestinian rights activism.
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French pro-Palestinian group fights shutdown order in court
A French pro-Palestinian protest group is contesting a government decision to shut it down, saying the move was politically motivated and based on "false" arguments as part of a wider crackdown on the movement for Palestinian rights. Urgence Palestine (Emergency Palestine), created in 2023 to protest against Israel's military offensive in Gaza, filed its counterarguments to the shutdown procedure on Thursday, their lawyer Elsa Marcel said. Frenc…
France Moves to Dissolve Urgence Palestine Amid Gaza Genocide Protests - Quds News Network
Paris (Quds News Network)- As Israel continues its deadly genocide in Gaza, French authorities have begun dissolving one of the country’s few pro-Palestine organizations, Urgence Palestine. The group has been at the forefront of protests against Israel’s military actions and France’s complicity. On April 29, the French Interior Ministry officially notified Urgence Palestine that it was launching dissolution procedures. The group, founded in Octo…
French pro-Palestinian group contests government decision to shut it down
PARIS - A French pro-Palestinian protest group is contesting a government decision to shut it down, saying the move was politically motivated and based on \"false\" arguments as part of a wider crackdown on the movement for Palestinian rights. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Beauvau's sometimes tenuous motivations to justify the dissolution of the Palestine Emergency Collective
In a letter, to which "The World" has access, the Ministry of the Interior justifies its request to dissolve the pro-Palestinian collective by "calls for violence" or by fuelling a "climate of hatred" against the state, without always providing clear examples, denounce the lawyers of the collective.
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