2024-04-19 18:46:53
Franco-Palestinian lawyer and La France Insoumise (LFI) candidate in the European elections Rima Hassan is summoned by the police on April 30.
According to the summons, revealed by the newspaper Le Monde and consulted by AFP, the controversial activist, also a lawyer and specialist in the refugee issue, is summoned at the end of the month “in order to be heard freely on facts of ‘public apology for an act of terrorism, committed by means of an online public communication service’. The acts with which he is accused were allegedly committed between November 5 and December 1, according to the document.
“Just a few hours after the double cancellation of a conference by Rima Hassan and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, this unacceptable decision confirms an attempt to intimidate and criminalize all the voices that are raised in the face of the ongoing massacres in Gaza,” he said. reacted the party in a press release.
“We recall that Rima Hassan clearly condemned, from the first day, the actions committed by Hamas on October 7, calling them terrorist attacks and indicating that it was morally unacceptable to rejoice in the deaths of civilians, as long as on the Palestinian side than on the Israeli side,” we also read.
🚨 Rima Hassan is summoned by the judicial police for “apology of terrorism”. This country is going crazy. It sinks and sinks into obscurantism every day. And meanwhile the supporters of the genocide are walking quietly in public meetings and on your televisions. pic.twitter.com/J5QHoE18Bq
— David Guiraud (@GuiraudInd) April 19, 2024
Her lawyer, Vincent Brengarth, confirmed this summons in a press release but assured that his client had not received “any kind of information” as to “the nature of the facts with which she is accused”. “This is part of a general climate tending to silence the voices raised to call for the protection of the rights of Palestinians and to condemn the abuses committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip,” he continues.
“Compromising my freedom of expression”
“I learned with amazement of this summons, I will not let myself be intimidated by purely political maneuvers aimed at compromising my freedom of expression on Palestine,” Rima Hassan was indignant.
Since the announcement of her candidacy for the European elections, Rima Hassan has been at the heart of numerous controversies. He is notably accused of having affirmed, in the media Le Crayon, that “Hamas is carrying out legitimate action”. Since then, in the columns of Libération in particular, the young woman has said she “condemns Hamas’ war crimes”. Latest controversy to date: a conference planned for this Thursday in Lille alongside Jean-Luc Mélenchon was canceled by the prefect of the North.
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