French‑Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan to Face Trial Over Social‑Media Post
Rima Hassan, a French‑Palestinian member of the European Parliament, is scheduled to be tried in France on charges of “apology for terrorism” linked to a social‑media post. She has described the proceedings as political and judicial harassment related to her criticism of Israel.
Rima Hassan, a French‑Palestinian member of the European Parliament, is set to be tried in France for alleged “apology for terrorism” or “promoting terrorism” based on a social‑media post. She has denounced what she calls political and judicial harassment over her criticism of Israel.
Hassan said she was being punished because of her political views, according to trtworld.com. LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard described her as the target of judicial persecution, trtworld.com reported. She was arrested the day before a Friday and rejected that the arrest was related to drug possession, democrata.es reported.
According to trtworld.com, Hassan was born in a refugee camp near Aleppo in northern Syria, arrived in France with her family, and became the first French‑Palestinian member of the European Parliament in 2024. She posted a tweet affirming the Palestinian right to self‑defence, jacobin.com reported.
MiddleEastEye.net reported that in two years, 16 judicial proceedings have been initiated against Hassan, with thirteen of those cases already dismissed. Jacobin.com noted that she has faced two years of judicial harassment from French pro‑Israel organisations, Emmanuel Macron’s government and the far right.
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