US EditionFrench far-left MEP Rima Hassan to be tried in July over post on X
French police are investigating whether the deleted post glorified terrorism, and prosecutors have set a July 7 trial date, officials said.
- On Thursday, French police detained European Parliament Member Rima Hassan in Paris and questioned her regarding alleged "apology for terrorism" stemming from a deleted social media post.
- The inquiry centers on a March 26 post referencing Kozo Okamoto, a Japanese Red Army member convicted for the 1972 Lod Airport attack that killed 26 people.
- La France Insoumise leaders condemned the detention as "judicial harassment," with member Jean-Luc Melenchon arguing parliamentary immunity "no longer exists in France."
- Hassan has faced investigations since 2023 regarding Palestinian armed resistance statements and was denied entry to Canada last week for scheduled speaking engagements.
- No formal charges have been filed as the investigation remains ongoing, though some media reported police found "several grams" of synthetic drugs on Hassan.
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The French MEP stopped for terrorism apology, he attacked: "Attack for criticism of Israel." In July, the trial
Rima Hassan was first arrested for glorifying terrorism, then for the “synthetic drug” found on her. She said she only had CBD.
The controversy over the alleged discovery of narcotics in the Euro MP's purse during his police custody relegated the substance of the case to the background: a post relaying the words of a former Japanese terrorist for whom she will be tried in July. LFI denounces a "judicial and political persecution".
Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan denounced a "judicial harassment" after being heard by the police on Friday in Paris
On Friday, 3 April, the MEP and his lawyer gave a press conference to return to the police custody of which she was subjected.
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