(Courthouse News) Europe’s top rights court heard arguments on Tuesday over whether a 13-month house arrest order imposed on a French man for alleged extremist views violated his human rights.
Lawyers for David Pagerie argued before the European Court of Human Rights that the restrictions violated his basic rights and were discriminatory, while French authorities claimed Pagerie held extremist views and the country was facing an imminent threat.
Following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in November 2015, French authorities declared a three-month state of emergency, which was extended five times into 2017.
