In France, Lawfare Is Used to Silence Pro-Palestine Lawmaker
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While Rima Hassan will be tried on Tuesday July 7 for "apology of terrorism", Marianne wonders: why other violent statements of MP LFI have not been prosecuted?
In France, Lawfare Is Used to Silence Pro-Palestine Lawmaker
On July 7, France Insoumise Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan will appear in court for the first time, after two years of judicial harassment from French pro-Israel organizations, Emmanuel Macron’s government, and the far right.The case against Hassan is based on so-called “apologia for terrorism” laws, after Hassan posted a tweet affirming the Palestinian right to self-defense. It’s a controversial position in mainstream French poli…
He is accused of having mentioned at the end of March the Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto.
The elected LFI Rima Hassan appeared on Tuesday before the Paris Tribunal for a tweet evoking the perpetrator of an attack in Israel, a trial which she described as a policy Apology of terrorism or freedom of expression.
Prosecution for apology of terrorism after a message published on X, the unsubmissed MEP appeared on Tuesday before the criminal court in Paris. A highly anticipated trial, marked by a strong mobilization of his supporters who denounce a political procedure.
The trial concerns an deleted tweet mentioning Kozo Okamoto, involved in the attack at Tel Aviv airport in 1972.
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