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"The politics police has once again put Rima Hassan in custody in relation to a re-tweet from March. So there is no parliamentary immunity in France. Unbearable."
— Jean-Luc Melenchon , Politician
"There are rules to be respected. Apologising for terrorism is a very serious offense."
— Laurent Nunez , Politician
"announced a Friday press conference to discuss the case."
— Vincent Brengarth , Other
"the importance of not apologizing for terrorism."
— Laurent Nunez , Politician
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Leader of the far-left France Unbowed party.
French Interior Minister who declined to ban the rally.
A French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament for the far-left France Unbowed party.
Vincent Brengarth is the lawyer representing Rima Hassan.
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Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, will face trial in July over a comment she posted on X last month about a 1970s attack on an Israeli airport. Authorities arrested Hassan and detained her in custody for several hours on Thursday because they suspected the post made on March 26 and later erased could be construed as showing support for terrorism.
Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, has been placed in police custody in Paris and is being questioned about alleged 'apology for terrorism,' her office said on Thursday. Hassan, of the far-left France Unbowed party, is being temporarily held as part of a probe into a post she wrote on social media last week in which she expressed solidarity with the Japanese terrorist Kōzō Okamoto.
Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament with France's far-left political party, is set to face trial in July for a controversial social media post. The Paris prosecutor's office disclosed that Hassan's commentary on a 1970s airport attack could be seen as promoting terrorism. The post, now deleted, related to a 1972 incident at Tel Aviv's Lod airport orchestrated by the Japanese Red Army, leading to 26 fatalities.
Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, was arrested on Thursday over a comment she posted on X/Twitter last month about an attack on an Israeli airport in the 1970s. The message was related to the 1972 attack by the Japanese Red Army, a far-left militant group, at Lod airport in Tel Aviv, which resulted in 26 deaths.
Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, will face trial in July over a comment she posted on X last month about a 1970s attack on an Israeli airport. Authorities arrested Hassan and detained her in custody for several hours on Thursday because they suspected the post made on March 26 and later erased could be construed as showing support for terrorism.
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